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Rudra

Rudra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“roarer; howler”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
ROOD-rah · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Rudra is a Sanskrit theonym, the name of a Vedic deity associated with storm, wind, and later linked with Shiva. The literal sense is often given as 'roarer' or 'howler'.

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How popular is Rudra?

202443.0 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 Rudra in 2024143

2024 rank#1,339 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,642

Rudra is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Rudra

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

Rudra questions

What does the name Rudra mean?

Rudra means "roarer; howler". It comes from Sanskrit. Rudra is a Sanskrit theonym, the name of a Vedic deity associated with storm, wind, and later linked with Shiva. The literal sense is often given as 'roarer' or 'howler'.

Is Rudra a boy or girl name?

Rudra is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rudra?

143 US babies were named Rudra in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Rudra?

Rudra is usually pronounced ROOD-rah.

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.