MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Narayana mean?
Narayana is a Sanskrit name of Vishnu, also identified with Krishna. Its older formation is related to Nara, the primordial being. The same name also designates the Purusha hymn in Vedic literature.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नारायण
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नरायण
Letter-by-letter: narāyaṇa
3,429 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Narayana in Indian usage
29,421 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,020 records (3.5%).
- Recorded as male: 28,401 records (96.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 906 |
| 1940s | 2,647 |
| 1950s | 4,043 |
| 1960s | 4,862 |
| 1970s | 5,478 |
| 1980s | 6,477 |
| 1990s | 4,892 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 24,729 |
| Other states | 4,692 |
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)
- Wiktionary: नारायण ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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