Given name

Lakshmana

Lakshmana is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lakshmana comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit लक्ष्मण.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lakshmana’s family of names

Lakshmana has a related form in Lakshman. In English usage, Lakshmana has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form लक्ष्मण.

Walk Lakshmana’s family in the name graph

LakshmanaLakshmanLakhanLaxmanaলক্ষ্মণलक्ष्मण

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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