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 [ 2 syll. ra-ma, ram-a ] The boy name Rama is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is RAAMah KEY. Rama is used predominantly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. Derived literally from the element 'rama' meaning pleasing. In Hindu texts, Rama is the name of the god Vishnu. It is believed that whenever there is great evil, Vishnu comes down to earth in human form either as Rama or Krishna. This is also the name of the hero of the Ramayana epic. Rama is also a short form of longer Hindu names starting with 'Ram-'. See Rama for more info. The name Ram (Indian) is a variant of Rama. See also the related forms, Dayaram (Indian), Ramachandra (Indian), Ramakrishna (Indian), Ramesh (Indian), and Rameshwar (Indian). Rama is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Rama include Raheem (English), Rahim (Arabic and Iranian), Rahman (Turkish), Raimon (English), Raini, Ramey (English), Rami (Arabic and Iranian), Ramin (Iranian), Ramon (Spanish), Ramone (English and Spanish), Ramón (Spanish), Ramy (English), Ranen (Hebrew), Ranon (Hebrew), Rayan (Arabic and Iranian), Raymon (English and Spanish), Rayno (Slavic), Rayshawn (English), Reamonn (Irish), and Rehema (Swahili). A famous person named Rama is King Mongkut (Rama IV), Royalty, born 18 October 1804 - 18 October 1868. KEY: English pronunciation for Rama: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
