Rudra
A unisex name of Sanskrit origin, meaning the roarer; hindu storm god.
Rudra by the numbers
In 2025, 66 babies in England and Wales were named Rudra. In the US, 101 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Names that come from Rudra
Forms of Rudra in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rudra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rudra
Names that are said the same way as Rudra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rudraaform of rudra, fierce or terrible3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Rudra, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Rudra, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rudra
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