Narendra
Narendra means Meanings families give: King of men, the lord and ruler of all people; King of men, hero; King of men, leader.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Hindi / Marathi / Telugu |
| Starts with | N |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Vrishabh
- Nakshatra: Mrigashira
- More names starting with N
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: King of men, the lord and ruler of all people; King of men, hero; King of men, leader”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Shabari — Woman of the forest-dwelling Shabara people
- Tamilnayaki — Leader of the Tamil people
- Narpat — Master of men, ruler of people
- Pabuji — Folk hero, protector of camels and people
- Vinayak — Meanings families give: One who removes obstacles, Lord Ganesha himself; Leader, lord Ganesha; Lord Ganesh, remover of obstacles
- Nitin — Meanings families give: One who follows the correct path, righteous person; Master of right path, leader
More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin
- Atharva — the Atharva-veda or the ritual of it
- Pranav — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om; The sacred syllable Om, the cosmic sound of creation; Sacred Om syllable; Sacred syllable Om, life force; Sacred syllable Om, holy sound
- Madhav — Meanings families give: Sweet one, born in spring, a name of Lord Krishna; Born in spring, Krishna; Lord Krishna, sweet as honey
- Shreyas — more splendid or beautiful, more excellent or distinguished, superior, preferable, better, better than (with abl. or with See below)
- Rajiv — a blue lotus-flower
- Satish — Meanings families give: Lord of truth, master of righteousness and justice; Lord of goodness, truth; Lord of truth, ruler of hundred
Other names under Vrishabh rashi
- Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
- Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
- Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
- Tara — n. a star
- Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.
Where this comes from
Narendra has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.
