Globally, Desikan (Desikan 
) is a rare primarily male, but very seldom female first name. The forename Desikan is habitual in India, where it is an extremely rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly name. More frequently, Desikan is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Desikan | United Arab Emirates, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, India |
| prasanna kumar desikan Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis 2009 |
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| sai prasad desikan researcher |
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| rajagopalan desikan Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 2004 |
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