Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Arvind
“resembling a lotus”
Arvind is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “resembling a lotus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “resembling a lotus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit aravinda, meaning “lotus”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arvind through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 570
- 570 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,183 as a first name in 2020; 389 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arvind’s family of names
Arvind has a related form in Aravind. In English usage, Arvind has a related form in Arvinda. In English usage, Arvind has a related form in Arvinda.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Arvind
- Arvind KejriwalIndian politician (born 1968)
- Arvind SwamyIndian film actor, model, entrepreneur, and television presenterborn 1970
- Arvind KrishnaIndian American business executive and CEO of IBMborn 1962
- Arvind TrivediIndian actor1938–2021
- Arvind SawantIndian politicianborn 1951
- Arvind GaurIndian theatre directorborn 1963
- Aravind SrinivasAI Researcherborn 1994
- Arvind VegdaIndian singer and musicianborn 1974
- Arvind SharmaIndian professor of Comparative Religion (born 1940)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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