Rakesh name meaning

What does Rakesh mean?

The unconventional boy name Rakesh means "The Moon or Lord of the Night", principally used in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Indian, Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya and Bengali has origin in Sanskrit.

How do I pronounce Rakesh?

You can pronounce the three syllabled name Rakesh as ruh-KESH. Some people pronounce it as r(a)-ke-sh.

Variants of Rakesh

Rakeshan

How popular is the name Rakesh?

Rakesh is an uncommon baby name in United States, even after 41 years of use, it could not make it big. Over 440 babies in United States have been named Rakesh. It had a short run of 6 years on England and Wales boy names chart.

However things change on global perspective, Rakesh is extremely popular in India where every 1 in 700 have the name. Also the baby name is popular in Bangladesh. According to our research, at least 1830000 people have been bestowed Rakesh around the globe.

Facts

Rakesh in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	185	133	0	5
	69	0	0	0

Numerological analysis of Rakesh

You always thrive to accomplish the greatest things, be the best at what you do, and impress yourself instead of impression others. Once you overcome an obstacle, you feel invincible and it boosts your self-confidence. You encourage people to walk the harder path and fight for what they believe is right. What fulfills your soul is your professional success. You never take a leap of faith but do things with a plan.

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•  Bodhan - Unfamiliar and Modernistic Bodhan is originated from Sanskrit, Bodhan means "Kindling", a boy name is used dominantly in Marathi, Kannada and Oriya
•  Venugopal came from Sanskrit, meaning of Venugopal is "Flute Player Gopala or Sum of the Vedas" used majorly in Bengali, Indian and Telugu is bestowed upon boys
•  Kamana came from Sanskrit, meaning of Kamana is "Desire" is a baby girl name is used predominantly in Bengali, Gujarati and Oriya
•  Adarsh - The odd unisex name Adarsh is predominantly used in Tamil, Assamese and Sanskrit is of Sanskrit origin, Adarsh means "Perfection, Ideal or The Sun"
•  Harihara - Meaning of Harihara is Vishnu or Shiva Joined Together is used substantially in Kannada and Sanskrit aimed at boys is of Sanskrit origin

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•  Taruni
•  Chitra
•  Anant
•  Geeti

Famous people named Rakesh

• Rakesh Sharma, Indian-born Omani cricketer
• Rakesh Saxena, Indian financier and trader
• Rakesh Sharma, former Indian Air Force pilot
• Rakesh Jain, Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Rakesh Roshan, Indian producer, director, screenwriter, editor
• Rakesh Yankaran, award-winning Indo-Trinidadian musician
• Rakesh Khurana, American educator
• Rakesh Shukla, former Indian cricketer
• Rakesh Singh, Indian politician and member of the Bhartiya Janta Party
• Rakesh Madhavan, Malaysian cricketer
• Rakesh Shah in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Actor
• Rakesh Bedi in Yes Boss as Actor
• Rakesh Kumar in Suryavanshi as Director
• Rakesh Varre in Vedam as Actor
• Rakesh Deewana was an Indian actor.
• Rakesh Awashti is noted for his acting in short La tranchée
• Rakesh Bapat played the leading character of Aditya Deshmukh in 2019 musical flick WhatsApp Love.
• In 1993 drama flick, Kudi Canada Di, Rakesh Ganwadia portrayed Dr. Bhull Bhulaiya.
• In 1979, Rakesh Khanna portrayed the role of N in film Til Til Dalekha.

Lists having Rakesh

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• Baby Names that mean Moon
• Baby Names that mean Lord
• Baby Names that mean Night
• Baby Names that mean Sun
• Baby Names that mean Friendship
• Baby Names that mean Ruler
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