Given name
Avinash
“indestructible”
Avinash is a masculine given name from Hindi, meaning “indestructible.”
Original Hindiअविनाश
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Avinash developed from अविनाश.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Avinash through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,053
- 1,053 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,175 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,175 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,118 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Avinash’s family of names
In English usage, Avinash developed from the Hindi form अविनाश. In English usage, Avinash has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अविनाश.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Avinash
- Avinash DixitAmerican economistborn 1944
- Avinash SableIndian athleteborn 1994
- Avinash SachdevIndian television actorborn 1985
- Avinash TiwaryIndian actorborn 1985
- Avinash KakAmerican-Indian computer scientistborn 1944
- Avinash Mukherjeeactorborn 1997
- Avinash ArunIndian cinematographer
Characters named Avinash: Tiger (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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