Narayan (name)
"Narain" redirects here. For the actor, see Narain (actor).
For other uses, see Narayan (disambiguation).
Narayan or Narain or Narayanan is a common Indian given name, and it is some times used in west as a family name of people of Indian origin. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana an important Sanskrit name for Vishnu and in many contemporary vernaculars. The form Narayanan is predominantly used in South India especially among Malayalam and Tamil speakers.
Notable persons
Narayana
- Suryanarayana, several people
- Narayana Rao (disambiguation)
- Narayana Murthy (disambiguation)
- Narayana Reddy (disambiguation)
- Narayana Pandit, mathematician
- Narayana Pillai (disambiguation)
Narayan
- Narayan (actor), an Indian film actor
- Narayan (writer), Indian writer
- Aditya Narayan, Indian television show host
- Anand Narayan, Indian television personality
- Badri Narayan, Indian artist
- Brij Narayan, Indian sarod player
- Irene Jai Narayan, Fiji Indian politician
- Jagaddipendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
- Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian independence activist and politician
- Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta), Indian politician
- Kunwar Narayan, Indian poet
- Manu Narayan, American actor
- Nara Narayan, ruler of Koch kingdom
- Opendra Narayan, Indian-American AIDS researcher
- Paresh Narayan, Fiji Indian academic
- Prema Narayan, Indian actress and dancer
- R. K. Narayan, a widely read Indian novelist writing in English.
- Rajee Narayan, Indian dancer and musician
- Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
- Ramesh Narayan, Indian classical singer
- Rudy Narayan, British barrister
- Shoba Narayan, Indian journalist
- Shovana Narayan, Indian Kathak dancer
- Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor and singer
- Udit Narayan, Nepali playback singer in [Bollywood
- Uma Narayan, Indian feminist scholar
Narain
- Narain (actor), Indian actor
- A.K. Narain, Indian historian
- Govind Narain (1916-2012), Indian government official
- Harsh Narain, Indian author
- Narain Karthikeyan, Indian former Formula One and A1GP driver
- Nicole Narain, American model and actress
- Raj Narain (1917-1986), Indian politician
- Ruchi Narain, Indian film director and screenwriter
- Sathi Narain (1919-1989), Fiji Indian businessman
- Sunita Narain, Indian environmentalist and political activist
- Vineet Narain, Indian journalist and activist
Narayanan
- K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of the Republic of India
- R. K. Narayan, Indian novelist writing in English
- Narayanankutty, Indian film actor in Malayalam movies
- Mayankote Kelath Narayanan, National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India
See also
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