Given name
Gaurav
“a proud man”
Gaurav is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “a proud man.”
Original Hindiगौरव
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a proud man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaurav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 714
- 714 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,656 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,656 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,525 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.
Gaurav’s family of names
In Urdu usage, Gaurav is a Roman-alphabet rendering of گورو. In Hindi usage, Gaurav is a Roman-alphabet rendering of गौरव. In Hindi usage, Gaurav is a transliteration of गौरव.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gaurav
- Gaurav KhannaModel turned Actorborn 1981
- Gaurav GogoiIndian politicianborn 1982
- Gaurav ChopraIndian actorborn 1979
- Gaurav GeraIndian actor and comedianborn 1978
- Gaurav GillIndian rally driverborn 1981
- Gaurav SolankiIndian boxerborn 1997
- Gaurav Sharmaauthor and novelistborn 1992
- Gaurav ChakrabartyIndian actor (born 1987)
- Gaurav Tiwariparanormal researcher1984–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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