The baby name Keshava is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced keh-SHAH-vuh (IPA: /kɛˈʃɑːvə/).
Keshava is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Keshava is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced keh-SHAH-vuh (IPA: /kɛˈʃɑːvə/).
Keshava is Sanskrit in Origin.
From Sanskrit Keśava (केशव), an epithet of the god Vishnu and his avatar Krishna. Built on keśa “hair,” it denotes “one with fine or beautiful hair,” and is expanded in devotional exegesis to “the slayer of the horse-demon Keśi” and, by interpretive splitting (ka = Brahmā, īśa = Śiva), “lord of Brahmā and Śiva.” The name thus carries senses of beauty, mastery, and protective power.
Documented in the Mahābhārata and Bhagavad Gītā - where Arjuna addresses Krishna as Keśava - and listed in the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma, it has long served as a devotional given name across India, especially among Vaiṣṇavas. Variants include Keśava (diacritic form), Keshav, Kesava, Keshavan/Kesavan (South India), and Keshab (Bengali); related pet forms are Kesh and Keshu. Historical bearers include scholars like Keshava Kāshmīri and the poet Keshavdas.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #363 | 7 | 8,477 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #650 | 5 | 13,121 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #735 | 5 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #750 | 20 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #868 | 14 | 17,948 |
| United States | Boys | 2019 | #886 | 6 | 7,235 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #905 | 97 | 16,750 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,065 | 28 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,176 | 7 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,597 | 18 | 28,008 |
Keshava is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:
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