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Ravi

Ravi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sun”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
RAH-vee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

A longstanding Sanskrit name meaning 'sun', also an epithet of the sun god Surya. Widely used in India across several languages.

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How popular is Ravi?

202450.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ravi in 2024166

2024 rank#1,214 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,449

Ravi is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ravi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Bodhiawakening, enlightenment · Sanskrit
  • Arjunbright, white · Sanskrit
  • Aaravpeaceful; calm · Sanskrit
  • Avyaaneloquent; without imperfections · Sanskrit
  • Aryannoble · Sanskrit
  • Rohanascending · Sanskrit
  • Vihaandawn, morning · Sanskrit
  • Ishaansun; lord, ruler · Sanskrit

Ravi questions

What does the name Ravi mean?

Ravi means "sun". It comes from Sanskrit. A longstanding Sanskrit name meaning 'sun', also an epithet of the sun god Surya. Widely used in India across several languages.

Is Ravi a boy or girl name?

Ravi is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ravi?

166 US babies were named Ravi in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Ravi?

Ravi is usually pronounced RAH-vee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.