MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Narain mean?
Narain is an established northern form of Narayana, especially familiar in Punjabi and Hindi naming. Narayana is a major name of Vishnu, whose reclining form rests on the cosmic serpent Ananta. Sanskrit religious literature also pairs Nara and Narayana as divine sages.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नरैन
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਨਰੈਣ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Narain in Indian usage
3,759 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 536 records (14.3%).
- Recorded as male: 3,223 records (85.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 453 |
| 1950s | 569 |
| 1960s | 695 |
| 1970s | 700 |
| 1980s | 662 |
| 1990s | 372 |
| Other decades | 308 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 2,187 |
| Delhi | 546 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 529 |
| Other states | 497 |
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.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, nārāyaṇa, p. 536,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.