Given name & surname
Mahendra
“the great god Indra”·“from the mountains”
Mahendra is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the great god Indra” (Sanskrit) and “from the mountains” (Sanskrit). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the great god Indra” (Sanskrit) and “from the mountains” (Sanskrit). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Past bearers associated with Mahendra include the younger brother of the Emperor Asoka.
Mahendra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 6 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,253 as a first name in 2020; 227 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.
Mahendra’s family of names
Mahendra has a related form in Mohinder. Mahendra has a related form in Mohinder. Mahendra has a related form in Mahindra.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mahyndreavariant
- Mahyndriavariant
- Mahyndravariant
- Mahindreavariant
- Mahendreavariant
- Mahindriavariant
- Mahendriavariant
- Mahindravariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mahendra
- MS DhoniIndian cricket player (born 1981)
- Mahendra of NepalKing of Nepal (1920-1972)
- Mahendra KapoorIndian singer (1934–2008)
- Mahendra ChaudhryPrime Minister of Fiji (1999-2000)born 1942
- Raja Mahendra Pratap SinghIndian activist and journalist (1886-1979)
- Mahendra Nath PandeyIndian politicianborn 1957
- Mahendra Mohan ChoudhryIndian politician1908–1983
- Mahendra Singh Tikaitfarmer leader and co-founder of Bharatiya Kisan Union1935–2011
- Mahendra SiregarIndonesian politician, diplomatborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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