Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Ravindra
“the strength of the sun”
Ravindra is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “the strength of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “the strength of the sun.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Sanskrit, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
It comes from the Sanskrit word ravi, meaning “sun.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ravindra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 113 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,736 as a first name in 2020; 182 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.
Ravindra’s family of names
In English usage, Ravindra has a related form in RAVINDER. In English usage, Ravindra has a related form in RABINDRA. In English usage, Ravindra has a related form in RABINDRA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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.
People named Ravindra
- Ravindra PrabhatHindi poet, scholar, journalist, novelist and short story writerborn 1969
- Ravindra JadejaIndian cricketer (born 1988)
- Ravindra KelekarIndian author (1925–2010)
- Ravindra JainIndian composer (1944–2015)
- Ravindra KaushikIndian spy operative1952–2001
- Ravindra PushpakumaraSri Lankan cricketerborn 1975
- Ravindra GaikwadLok Sabha member from Maharashtraborn 1960
- Ravindra Kumar PandeyMember of the Indian Parliamentborn 1959
- Ravindra VarmaIndian politician (1925-2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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