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Ramesh name meaning

“husband of Lakshmi”

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
R
Origin
Sanskrit · Hindi
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1970s: 10.5%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s10.5%
1980s8%
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: RMeaning protectionSanskrit origin

Ramesh is a boy's name from Sanskrit meaning 'husband of Lakshmi'.

What does Ramesh mean?

Husband of Lakshmi

In Malay: suami Lakshmi

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Sources (2)

About the name Ramesh

Ramesh is the modern form of the Sanskrit name Ramesha, combining Rama (a name of Lakshmi) with isha meaning ruler or husband. It is also one of the names of the god Vishnu. It is used across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1970s with 1,077 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit, Hindi
SyllablesRa-mesh
First letterIndian Names starting with R
Devanagari scriptरमेश

Ramesh in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
Boy: 1,077 · 10.5%
1980s
Boy: 641 · 8%
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Ramesh as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Ramesha · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ramesh · behindthename.com · meaning

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