Ganesan
Meaning
“Tamil form of Ganesha, lord of the ganas, the elephant-headed remover of obstacles. A grandparent-era classic stamped on Tamil culture by the actor Sivaji Ganesan (1928-2001); like Saravanan it marks a generation, and diaspora grandchildren more often carry it as a middle name honoring a thatha than as a first name”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ganesan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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