Given name & surname
Rajeev
“to be striped”
Rajeev is a variant of Rajiv. One Hindi interpretation is “to be striped.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rajeev is a variant of Rajiv. One Hindi interpretation is “to be striped.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rajeev is a variant of Rajiv. An origin associated with Rajiv is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rajeev through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 504
- 504 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 26 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 8 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,451 as a first name in 2020; 311 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Rajeev
- Rajeev RamAmerican tennis player (born 1984)
- Rajeev MotwaniIndian theoretical computer scientist and venture capitalist at Stanford University (1962–2009)
- Rajeev SatavIndian politician1974–2021
- Rajeev Baggabadminton playerborn 1967
- Rajeev JainIndian cinematographerborn 1964
- Rajeev KanakalaIndian actor
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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