Ravindra
Ravindra means Meanings families give: Lord of the sun, the great solar deity Surya; Lord of the sun; Sun among sages, great sun; Sun of suns, mighty sun.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Hindi / Kannada / Marathi / Telugu |
| Starts with | R |
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: Simha
- Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni
- More names starting with R
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Lord of the sun, the great solar deity Surya; Lord of the sun; Sun among sages, great sun; Sun of suns, mighty sun”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Tapati — Warming; daughter of the Sun (Surya)
- Muniswaran — Lord of sages
- Munish — Lord of sages, ruler of the wise and holy men
- Aditya — Meanings families give: Sun, belonging to Aditi; Son of Aditi, the sun; Sun, son of Aditi, solar deity
- Mihir — Meanings families give: Sun, friend; Sun, sunlight and radiant solar energy; Sun, sunray, the sun god; Sun; midday sun; Sun, sunshine; Sun, sunshine, solar
- Aadithyan — Son of the sun, solar deity
More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin
- Mahesh — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva; Great God, the supreme lord Shiva himself; Great lord, Shiva; Great Lord Shiva
- Shankar — Meanings families give: Giver of joy and blessings, Lord Shiva himself; Shiva, giver of happiness; Giver of joy, Shiva; Lord Shiva, one who brings happiness
- Rajendra — Meanings families give: King of kings, the supreme ruler and sovereign lord; King of kings; King of kings, great ruler
Other names under Simha rashi
- Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
- Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
- Surya — the wife of the god
- Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
- Harshil — Joyful, happy
- Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.
Where this comes from
Ravindra 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.