Forename Narayana

In all the world, Narayana (Narayana , नारायण , Нараяна ) is a widespread male given name. The given name Narayana is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common male name, Kuwait, where it is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom female name, and Bahrain, where it is quite a common masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Much less frequently, Narayana is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Narayana

name Nārāyaṇa, name ನಾರಾಯಣ, name นราพฤทธิ์, name Нараяна, name নারায়ণ, name นฤมิตรเรขการ, name Narayana, name नारायण

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Narayana	United Arab Emirates, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia
नारायण, Nārāyaṇa	India
Нараяна	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

নারায়ণ, ನಾರಾಯಣ, นราพฤทธิ์, and นฤมิตรเรขการ

Notable namesakes

	allam narayana Indian journalist, IN (b. 1958)
	kasani narayana politician (b. 1928)
	b. s. narayana Indian film director, predominantly in Telugu cinema, IN (b. 1929)
	tadepalli venkata narayana born:1930-04-23\|died:1987\|; Narayana, T. V.; Narayana, T. V. (Tadepalli Venkata), 1930-; Narayana, T. V., 1930-; Narayana, Tadepalli Venkata 1930-1987 (b. 1930)
	pemmasani sankara narayana (b. 1948)
	bupelli narayana Indian politician, IN
	kankanala narayana Indian politician, IN
	tadepalli v. narayana Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1953
	degala surya narayana Indian politician, IN
	ponnada a narayana researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5703-4346)
	pal narayana researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1960-0247)
	athili surya narayana Telugu Writer, Social Reformer
	atluri sriman narayana Indian dental surgeon, IN
	katuru narayana an Indian rocket scientist
	alugunulla venkata narayana researcher

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Thota, Nayak, Nayka, Murthy, Shetty, Sindhe, Cavhan, Pattar, Prasad, Pillai, Pujari, Rathod, Dasari, Lamani, Jadhav, Hegade, Moorthy, Badiger, Kuruppu, Lakshmi, Venkata, Laxmi, Panicker, Gurav, Reddy, Ti, Ram, Rai, Rao, Das, Samy, Sahu, Cami, Bhat, Raju, Rtti, Goud, Naik, Satya, Setti, Swami, Swamy, Bhatt, Kumar, Patil, Pavar, Gauda, and Kulakarni