Vamadeva
Vamadeva means Lovely or pleasant god.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | V |
In the epics
Vamadeva appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a sage: Bull among brahmanas, worshipped by Dasharatha for the preparation of Rama's installation.
Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Lovely or pleasant god”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Saloni — Beautiful, lovely, pretty
- Priyadarshini — Meanings families give: One who is nice to see, pleasant; Beloved to behold; Looking lovely, pleasant to behold
- Lalita — artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely ( ind.)
- Sushma — Meanings families give: Beautiful, attractive, very lovely; Beautiful, pleasant, graceful
- Charu — pleasing, lovely, beautiful
- Manroop — Beautiful mind, lovely in thought
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Where this comes from
Vamadeva 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.