Narsimha
Narsimha means Man-lion, Vishnu avatar.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Telugu |
| Language | Telugu |
| Starts with | N |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Man-lion, Vishnu avatar”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Shriram — Meanings families give: Auspicious Rama, the holy avatar of Lord Vishnu; Lord Rama, auspicious Rama
- Narasingha — Man-lion, Narasimha avatar of Vishnu
- Upendra — Meanings families give: Younger brother of Indra, a name for Lord Vishnu; Younger brother of Indra, Vamana avatar
- Parashuram — Rama with the axe, sixth avatar of Vishnu
- Ramakrishnan — Ram and Krishna, dual avatar name
- Waman — Dwarf avatar of Vishnu, short statured
More boys' names of Telugu origin
- Venkata — Name of a hill, Venkateswara
- Teja — Brilliance, radiance, strength
- Vamsi — Flute, descendant
- Raviteja — Brilliance of the sun
- Vamsi Krishna — Krishna with his flute
- Naveenkumar — New and fresh prince
Where this comes from
Narsimha 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.