Narayanan

Meaning

“Malayalam form of Narayana, an epithet of Vishnu traditionally read as he who rests on the cosmic waters; carried by K. R. Narayanan, the first president of India from Kerala”

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Narayanan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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