The baby name Nagesh is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /naːˈɡeːʃ/.
Nagesh is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Nagesh is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /naːˈɡeːʃ/.
Nagesh is Sanskrit in Origin.
Nagesh represents Sanskrit Nāgeśa (नागेश), a masculine compound whose earliest recoverable form is the Sanskrit stem Nāgeśa or nominative Nāgeśaḥ, not an English coinage. Its elements are nāga, serpent or nāga being, and īśa, lord, ruler, or master. In Sanskrit sandhi, final -a before ī- contracts to e, so nāga + īśa yields Nāgeśa. The literal sense is lord of serpents or lord of the nāgas.
In Hindu naming, Nagesh is one of the serpent-linked epithets applied to Shiva, especially in contexts where he is shown with snakes as ornaments; it also evokes the semi-divine nāgas of Sanskrit epic and Purāṇic tradition. The name is current in India and Nepal, with regional spellings such as Nagesha in Kannada and Telugu usage and Nageshwar or Nageshvara in Sanskritized registers. English records usually drop the final -a, producing Nagesh.
| Nagesh Nagesh was an Indian actor and comedian best known for his comic roles in Tamil cinema during the 1960s. Over a career spanning from 1958 to 2008, he appeared in more than 1,000 films, with memorable performances in movies like Thiruvilayadal, Server Sundaram, and Apoorva Sagodharargal. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET | Girls | 0 | #16 | 1 | 372 |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| IN | 0 | #70 | 2 | 2,963 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #135 | 5 | 6,332 |
| AE | 0 | #182 | 6 | 10,220 | |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1,594 | 16,750 |
| SG | 0 | #280 | 3 | 11,010 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #308 | 5 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #345 | 13 | 8,477 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #347 | 509 | 18,755 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #388 | 2 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #412 | 16 | 2,041 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #421 | 4 | 15,987 |
| BH | 0 | #428 | 126 | 17,937 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #459 | 8 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #495 | 21 | 19,177 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #541 | 13 | 20,968 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #566 | 337 | 17,948 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #578 | 54 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #580 | 128 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #622 | 76 | 17,960 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #638 | 507 | 22,615 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #654 | 14 | 13,071 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #920 | 16 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #981 | 14 | 24,821 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,078 | 34 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,169 | 10 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,186 | 445 | 28,008 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 |
Nagesh is popular in 31 countries — most recent births per country:
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