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Gautama - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gautama

[ syll. gau-ta-ma, ga-ut-ama ] The boy name Gautama is pronounced Gaa-TAAMah †. Gautama's language of origin is Sanskrit and it is used mainly in the Indian language. Gautama is a variant of Gotam (Indian).

Gautama is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Gautama include Gaetano (Italian), Gedeon (French, Russian, and Slavic), Gideon (English, French, German, and Slavic), Gideone (Italian), Gidion, Gaetan (French), Gaétan (French), Gaëtan (French), Gaston (French and German), Gastone (Italian), Gautam (Indian), Gidon (Hebrew), Godwin (English), Godwine (English), Goodwin (English), and Gotam (Indian).



† approx English pronunciation for Gautama: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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