Ravi
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sun.
Ravi by the numbers
In 2025, 38 babies in England and Wales were named Ravi. In the US, 43 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 88 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ravi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ravi
Names that are said the same way as Ravi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Raffihe has healed; diminutive of raphael29 in England and Wales (2025)
- RaffyGod has healed; a form of Raphael26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raffiehealed by god; a form of Raphael22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raafielevated; exalted5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raphia form of Raphael; God heals3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raphiea form of Raphael; God heals3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Ravi, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ravi
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