Narayan
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning one who rests on the waters; epithet of vishnu.
Narayan by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Narayan. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Narayan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Narayan, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Narayan
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