Ravinder

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Punjabi (India/Pakistan)

Meaning

a Punjabi Sikh masculine name meaning lord of the sun or the sun's sovereign — Ravi from the Sanskrit Ravi meaning the sun, and -inder from the Sanskrit Indra meaning lord or king; the sun — Ravi — is one of the most powerful symbols in Indian religious and cultural traditions, representing illumination, warmth, the source of life, and divine consciousness; in Punjabi poetry and song the sun appears as a symbol of the divine radiance — the jot — the divine light that Guru Nanak described as shining within all beings; Rabindranath Tagore's name contains a related element — Ravindra — and the Sanskrit solar root appears across South Asian naming traditions in multiple forms including Ravi, Ravindra, Ravinder, and the Hindi Ravindra

Gender

male

Also spelled

Ravinder, Ravindra