Bhairava - Meaning of Bhairava

What does Bhairava mean?

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Bhairava

[ 3 syll. (b)hai-ra-va, bh-air-ava ] The baby boy name Bhairava is pronounced B-ayRAA-Vaa- †. Bhairava's language of origin is Sanskrit and it is used mainly in the Indian language. The meaning of the name is 'destroys fear'.

A variant form of Bhairava is the Indian Bhairav.

See also the related categories, fear (terror) and sanskrit.

Bhairava is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Bhairava include Bharava, Bharavi, Bhairav, Bharav, Brave, Bravo, Bravoe, Bravow, Bravowe, and Bravvo.

† English pronunciation for Bhairava: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"