Given name
Santosh
“ohe who is content”
Santosh is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “ohe who is content.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “ohe who is content.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Santosh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 146 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 11 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,788 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.
Santosh’s family of names
Santosh has a related form in Santoshe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Santosh
- Santosh YadavIndian mountain climberborn 1967
- Santosh RamIndian filmmakerborn 1979
- Santosh SivanIndian cinematographerborn 1964
- Santosh ChowdharyIndian politicianborn 1944
- Santosh GangwarGovernor of Jharkhandborn 1948
- Santosh AhlawatIndian politicianborn 1965
- Santosh Kumar KushwahaIndian politicianborn 1976
- Santosh AnandIndian lyricistborn 1939
- Santosh GanguliUmpire (1911-1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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