Given name
Narendra
“a mighty man”·“king, prince”
Narendra is used as a given name and a nickname. Interpretations include “a mighty man” (Sanskrit) and “king, prince” (Sanskrit). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Sanskritनरेन्द्र
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a mighty man” (Sanskrit) and “king, prince” (Sanskrit). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Sanskrit, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
It comes from the Sanskrit word nara, meaning “man.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Narendra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 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 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,073 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.
Narendra’s family of names
In English usage, Narendra has a short form in NAMO. In English usage, Narendra has a conventional equivalent in the Urdu form نَرینْدْر. In English usage, Narendra has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form नरेंद्र.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Narendra has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
Sanskritwhere Narendra comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Narendra
- Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India since 2014born 1950
- Narendra DabholkarIndian rationalist and the founder & president of the MANS1945–2013
- Narendra KarmarkarIndian mathematicianborn 1957
- Narendra Singh TomarIndian politicianborn 1957
- Narendra HirwaniIndian cricket playerborn 1968
- Narendra DevaIndian politician1889–1956
- Narendra JhaIndian actor (1962-2018)
- Narendra KumarIndian Army officer and mountaineer1933–2020
- Narendra KohliIndian author1940–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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