Indian Names · Boy
Narayanan name meaning
“a name of Narayana, the Hindu deity”
- Letters
- 9
- Syllables
- 4●●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Malayalam scriptനാരായണൻ
Narayanan is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'a name of Narayana, the Hindu deity'.
What does Narayanan mean?
About the name Narayanan
Narayanan is the Tamil and Malayalam form of the Sanskrit name Narayana, associated with the deity Vishnu. Behind the Name suggests it likely combines nara 'man' and ayana 'path'. The ending -an is common on Tamil and Malayalam male names.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Tamil |
| Syllables | Na-ra-ya-nan |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Malayalam script | നാരായണൻ |
|---|
Sources
- Behind the Name: Narayana · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: नारायण · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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- Arumugam♂Six-faced
- Sivakumar♂Son of Shiva (Shiva: benign, auspicious
- Balakrishnan♂Child Krishna
- Yogeswaran♂Lord of yoga
- Supramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Thirumurugan♂Sacred Murugan
- Abid♂Worshipper
- Alwar♂One deep in meditation on the attributes of the Supreme Being
- Archit♂Worshipped
- Avatar♂Incarnation of a deity
More Indian Names starting with N
- Navin♂New
- Nakul♂Mongoose
- Naman♂Respectful bow
- Nandan♂A son
- Nandana♂A son
- Narayan♂An epithet of Vishnu
- Narayana♂An epithet of Vishnu
- Narayanaswamy♂Lord Narayana (Narayana: 'son of the primeval Man')
- Narayanswamy♂Lord Narayana (Narayana: 'son of the primeval Man')
- Narendra♂Lord of men
- Naresh♂Lord of men
- Nataraja♂Lord of dance
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