Given name & surname
Rajkumar
“king”·“prince”
Rajkumar has a Sanskrit meaning of “prince” or “king’s son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
The meaning is “king’s son” or “prince,” rather than simply “king.”
Where it comes from
Rajkumar comes from Sanskrit rajakumara, a word referring to a prince.
How it developed
The word rajakumara is recorded in late classical Sanskrit writing. Its use as a personal name is later, appearing in medieval sources.
The story
Its naming history preserves an older term for a royal son. The medieval personal name followed the established Sanskrit word.
Rajkumar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 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 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,065 as a first name in 2020; 1,343 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.
Rajkumar’s family of names
Rajkumar has a feminine form in Rajkumari.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
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.
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