Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Lakshman
“having auspicious marks”·“a man of good fortune”
Lakshman is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “having auspicious marks” (Sanskrit) and “a man of good fortune” (Hindi). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “having auspicious marks” (Sanskrit) and “a man of good fortune” (Hindi). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lakshman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 5 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 as a first name in 2020; 228 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.
Lakshman’s family of names
Lakshman has a related form in Laxman. Lakshman has a related form in Laxman. Lakshman has a related form in Lakshmana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Lakshman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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