Given name · also Sanskrit
Rajiv
“to be striped”
Rajiv is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “to be striped.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “to be striped.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rajiv through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 820
- 820 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 60 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 60 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,987 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.
Rajiv’s family of names
In English usage, Rajiv has a diminutive in Raj. In English usage, Rajiv has a related form in Rajeev. Rajiv has a related form in Rajeav.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Rajiv
- Rajiv GandhiPrime Minister of India (1984-1989)1944–1991
- Rajiv KapoorIndian actor (1962–2021)
- Rajiv van La ParraDutch association football playerborn 1991
- Rajiv MalhotraIndian-American entrepreneur and authorborn 1950
- Arokia RajivIndian athleteborn 1991
- Rajiv DixitIndian social activist (1967-2010)
- Raju Raibadminton playerborn 1983
- Rajiv MenonIndian directorborn 1963
- Rajiv Pratap RudyIndian politicianborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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