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Narayanan Name Meaning

Indian (Kerala Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit nārāyaṇa (an epithet of Vishnu; see Narayan ) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Narayan, Natarajan, Nagarajan, Jayaraman, Narasimhan, Rayman, Arana

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Between 1987 and 2003, in the United States, Narayanan life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 1994. The average life expectancy for Narayanan in 1987 was 72, and 69 in 2003.

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