MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Naman mean?
Naman derives from the Sanskrit root nam, to bow or bend. The noun describes a gesture of respectful greeting or reverence and is established as a masculine personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: namana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नमन
Letter-by-letter: namana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Naman in Indian usage
6,825 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 386 records (5.7%).
- Recorded as male: 6,439 records (94.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 283 |
| 1980s | 1,321 |
| 1990s | 5,020 |
| Other decades | 201 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,510 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,057 |
| Rajasthan | 920 |
| Bihar | 581 |
| Haryana | 427 |
| Jharkhand | 400 |
| Uttarakhand | 307 |
| Delhi | 190 |
| Punjab | 166 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 112 |
| Other states | 155 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Naman / M | 6 | 3,256 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Naman; Table_6, C3540 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Naman; Table_6, C3540
- Monier-Williams, namana, p. 528,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: नमन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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