MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Narayan mean?
Nārāyaṇa is a central Vishnu name; traditional explanations involving waters and a resting place should be presented as interpretive etymologies. Satyanarayan joins this Vishnu name with satya, truth.
Pronunciation
IAST: nārāyaṇa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नारायण
Letter-by-letter: nārāyaṇa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Narayan in Indian usage
311,704 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,340 records (4%).
- Recorded as male: 299,364 records (96%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,080 |
| 1930s | 9,985 |
| 1940s | 26,732 |
| 1950s | 48,529 |
| 1960s | 67,002 |
| 1970s | 63,314 |
| 1980s | 57,949 |
| 1990s | 35,944 |
| Other decades | 169 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 80,390 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 72,315 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 44,583 |
| Bihar | 41,582 |
| Jharkhand | 26,014 |
| Uttarakhand | 11,520 |
| Tripura | 9,240 |
| Haryana | 6,364 |
| Maharashtra | 4,694 |
| Delhi | 4,235 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,965 |
| Goa | 2,993 |
| Assam | 1,403 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 384 |
| Meghalaya | 357 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 351 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 250 |
| Kerala | 232 |
| Chandigarh | 190 |
| Sikkim | 165 |
| Nagaland | 130 |
| Manipur | 115 |
| Other states | 232 |
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 | Narayan / M | 10 | 2,269 |
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 Narayan; Table_6, C2384 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Narayan; Table_6, C2384
- Wiktionary: नारायण ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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