Venkat
Origin
Telugu
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
from Venkata, the sacred hill of Tirumala, home of Lord Venkateswara, the most visited shrine in India and the devotional heart of Telugu culture. The traditional gloss "destroyer of sins" is folk etymology; the hill's name is older than Sanskrit and its true meaning is uncertain. In the US it stands alone as a given name, the compact diaspora form of the many Venkata- compounds
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Venkat peaked in the 1970s.
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