Indian Names · Boy
Vikneswaran name meaning
“lord of obstacles”
- Letters
- 11
- Syllables
- 4●●●●
- First letter
- V
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 11.4%
of the boy top-10 totalJPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
of the boy top-10 total
| Decade | boy |
|---|---|
| 1940s | – |
| 1950s | – |
| 1960s | – |
| 1970s | – |
| 1980s | – |
| 1990s | 11.4% |
| 2000s | – |
| 2010s | – |
Vikneswaran is a Tamil-style male name from Sanskrit meaning 'lord of obstacles', one of the names of Ganesha.
What does Vikneswaran mean?
About the name Vikneswaran
Vikneswaran is the Tamil-style form of Vighneshvara, joining Sanskrit vighna 'obstacle' and ishvara 'lord'; Vighneshvara is a name of Ganesha. The spelling follows the Latin-letter style used for Tamil names. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1990s with 562 baby boys.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Tamil |
| Syllables | Vik-nes-wa-ran |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with V |
Vikneswaran in official JPN data
- 1940s
- not in the top 10
- 1950s
- not in the top 10
- 1960s
- not in the top 10
- 1970s
- not in the top 10
- 1980s
- not in the top 10
- 1990s
- Boy: 562 · 11.4%
- 2000s
- not in the top 10
- 2010s
- not in the top 10
Sources
- Wiktionary: विघ्नेश्वर · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: ईश्वर · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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