The baby name Devendraprasad is a Male name , 6 syllables long and is pronounced deh-VEN-dra-PRAH-sahd (IPA: /d̪eˈʋendra prəˈsɑːd/).
The baby name Devendraprasad is a Male name , 6 syllables long and is pronounced deh-VEN-dra-PRAH-sahd (IPA: /d̪eˈʋendra prəˈsɑːd/).
Devendraprasad is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Devendraprasad is a Sanskritic compound from Devendra ("lord of the gods," an epithet of Indra; deva 'god' + -endra 'chief') and prasada ("gracious favor; consecrated gift"). The full sense is "gift (or grace) of Devendra," i.e., a person blessed by the king of the gods. Theophoric and auspicious, it appears in Hindi and other Indo-Aryan languages, as well as in Nepali and some Dravidian contexts through Sanskrit prestige.
Documented in modern Indian naming since the 19th century, it suits formal, scholastic registers and often shortens in use. Common variants include Devendra Prasad (spaced), Devendraprasada/Devendra Prasada (Sanskritized), and Debendra Prasad in Bengali-influenced orthography; Prasad/Prasada also occurs as a surname. Informal shortenings are Devendra, Deven/Dev, and Prasad. The name aligns with compound honorifics like Mahendra-prasad and Narendraprasad, conveying piety, respectability, and a wish for divine benevolence.
Devendraprasad is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 2 times, across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
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