Forename Narayan

All over the world, Narayan (Narayan , Нараян , ナラヤン) is a prevalent masculine first name. The first name Narayan is characteristic of India, where it is a common boy's name, Qatar, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name, and Nepal, where it is quite a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Also, Narayan is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Narayan

name Narayan, name ನಾರಾಯಣ, name Ñàràyàñ, name Naràyan, name Ñarayan, name Ńáŕáýáń, name Нарайан, name নারায়ণ, name নারায়ন, name Narayán, name นารายัน, name नारायण, name נריאן, name Нараиан, name Нараян

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Narayan	Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Fiji, Saudi Arabia
Нараян	Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Narayán, Naràyan, Ñarayan, Ñàràyàñ, Ńáŕáýáń, Нараиан, Нарайан, נריאן, नारायण, নারায়ণ, নারায়ন, ನಾರಾಯಣ, and นารายัน

Notable namesakes

	narayan malhar joshi Indian trade unionist (1879–1955), IN (b. 1879)
	narayan maharaj Indian spiritual master (1885-1945), IN (b. 1885)
	narayan birabar samanta Indian politician (1900-1999), IN (b. 1900)
	narayan waman tilak Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India, and a famous convert to Christianity (b. 1861)
	narayan divecha IN (b. 1855)
	narayan govind chapekar Indian writer, IN (b. 1869)
	narayan murlidhar gupte Indian poet and scholar of English, Sanskrit and Marathi literature (1872-1947) (b. 1872)
	narayan debnath Indian comics creator, IN (b. 1925)
	narayan vishanji thakkur Gujarati Writer (b. 1884)
	appadvedula lakshmi narayan Indian scientist, IN (b. 1887)
	kumar narayan Indian cricketer (1890-1920), IN (b. 1890)
	narayan sadashiv hosmane Indian academic, IN (b. 1948)
	narayan das Indian politician, IN (b. 1902)
	narayan iyengar Indian musician, IN (b. 1903)
	narayan gopal tavakar (b. 1895)