MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramesh mean?
Ramā is a name of Lakshmi in this Sanskrit compound. Īśa denotes a lord or husband, identifying Vishnu as Lakshmi's consort. The Ramā in this title is Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, rather than the prince of the Ramayana.
Pronunciation
IAST: rameśa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रमेश
Letter-by-letter: rameśa
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਰਮੇਸ਼
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामेश
Letter-by-letter: rāmeśa
4,349 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramesh in Indian usage
1,274,931 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 23,047 records (1.8%).
- Recorded as male: 1,251,884 records (98.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 915 |
| 1930s | 4,510 |
| 1940s | 28,383 |
| 1950s | 101,822 |
| 1960s | 243,695 |
| 1970s | 339,657 |
| 1980s | 367,814 |
| 1990s | 187,991 |
| Other decades | 144 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 376,598 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 194,559 |
| Rajasthan | 183,073 |
| Bihar | 146,324 |
| Haryana | 95,415 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 95,274 |
| Punjab | 39,966 |
| Jharkhand | 36,444 |
| Uttarakhand | 31,225 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 27,923 |
| Kerala | 20,817 |
| Delhi | 9,198 |
| Maharashtra | 5,572 |
| Goa | 2,949 |
| Puducherry | 2,785 |
| Chandigarh | 2,665 |
| Tripura | 1,080 |
| Sikkim | 466 |
| Assam | 444 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 393 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 381 |
| Karnataka | 291 |
| Meghalaya | 247 |
| Manipur | 238 |
| Daman and Diu | 226 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 150 |
| Nagaland | 104 |
| Other states | 124 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ramesh ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ramādhipa, p. 868,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Ramesha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Behind the Name: Ramesh ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Smithsonian: Vishnu and Lakshmi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vishnu carries a discus, conch, club and lotus; Lakshmi is his consort.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.