Ramana
Ramana means n. pleasing, charming, delightful.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Telugu |
| Language | Telugu |
| Starts with | R |
Classical Sanskrit origin
रमण (ramaṇa): n. pleasing, charming, delightful.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “n. pleasing, charming, delightful”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Suhana — Meanings families give: Pleasant, charming; Pleasant, beautiful, delightful
- Ramya — n. to be enjoyed, enjoyable, pleasing, delightful, beautiful
- Remya — Beautiful, attractive, delightful
- Nandhan — Delightful
- Harshad — One who gives joy, delightful
- Abhiram — n. pleasing, delightful, agreeable, beautiful
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
Ramana's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.