Arnav
Arnav is a boy name of Sanskrit origin, meaning The ocean; the sea.
What Arnav means
The ocean; the sea.
Arnav sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Arnav comes from
Sanskrit names draw on a devotional and literary tradition thousands of years old. Many are epithets of deities or qualities from classical texts, which is why their meanings tend to be abstract virtues rather than objects.
Arnav is recorded as Sanskrit in origin. Browse other Sanskrit names.
How popular is Arnav?
You will not find Arnav in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Arnav
Two ideas meet in Arnav: Ocean and water and the sea. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Arnav
These share Arnav's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kai — The sea.
- Dylan — Son of the sea.
- Tao — Great waves.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Moana — Ocean; the deep sea.
- Nerissa — From the sea.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Adrian — Of the dark sea.
- Caspian — Of the Caspian Sea.
- Kaito — Ocean; to soar, to fly.