nārāyaṇa in names

The dictionary word

नारायण · nārāyaṇa (Sanskrit): Nārāyaṇa; identified with Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899, p. 536 (column 3) · entry 105903

How it combines

Listed first, as a prefix, in these compound accounts: Narayanaram.

Listed last, as a suffix, in these compound accounts: Dipanarayan, Jaynarayan, Lakshminarayan, Premanarayan.

Some accounts identify this element without a complete split. The individual name’s meaning explains its combination. A similar ending alone does not establish the same derivation.