Naman

Where Naman comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमन (namana).
— Wiktionary's entry for Naman
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Peak, #3,316
    6 babies named Naman — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.