Given name
Ravinder
“the strength of the sun”
In English use, Ravinder has a related form in Ravindra. One Indian interpretation is “the strength of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ravinder has a related form in Ravindra. One Indian interpretation is “the strength of the sun.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ravinder has a related form in Ravindra. A possible origin is Sanskrit, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ravinder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 93 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 10 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,699 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.
Ravinder’s family of names
In English usage, Ravinder has a related form in Ravindra.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ravinder
- Ravinder Pal Singhfield hockey player1960–2021
- Ravindra KaushikIndian spy operative1952–2001
- Ravinder MainiBritish rheumatologistborn 1937
- Ravinder RandhawaBritish writerborn 1952
- Ravinder SinghIndian writerborn 1982
- Ravinder GrewalIndian actor and singerborn 1979
- Ravinder SinghSingaporean army generalborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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