Rakesh - Meaning of Rakesh

What does Rakesh mean?

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Rakesh

[ 1 syll. ra-kes(h), rak-e-sh ] The baby boy name Rakesh is pronounced as Raa-K-SH †. Rakesh is largely used in Indian and its origin is Sanskrit. Rakesh's meaning is ruler of the full moon.

See also the related categories, ruler (king), moon, full (loud), and sanskrit.

Rakesh is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rakesh include Race, Rach, Raj (English, Indian, and Arabic), Rajesh (Indian), Rajj, Ras (German), Rasesh (Indian), Rash, Rashîd, Rayce, Raz (English and Hebrew), Recks, Reece (English and Welsh), Reeg, Rees (English and Welsh), Reese (English and Welsh), Reggie (English), Reks, Reshaw, and Rex (English, French, and German).

† English pronunciation for Rakesh: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"