Given name & surname
Narain
“son of man”
Narain has a related form in Narayan. One Sanskrit interpretation is “son of man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Narain has a related form in Narayan. One Sanskrit interpretation is “son of man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Narain has a related form in Narayan. An origin associated with Narayan is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Narain is used as a variant of Narayan.
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
Narain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 7 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 as a first name in 2020; 1,215 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Narain
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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