Raam as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Raam

What is the meaning of the name Raam ?

The baby name Raam is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /rɑːm/ (rahm).

Raam is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Raam is a South Asian masculine given name, a transliteration of Sanskrit Rāma (राम), from the verbal root ram- “to delight, rejoice.” It conveys meanings such as “pleasing,” “charming,” and “beloved.” The double-a signals the long ā vowel in Latin-script spellings across Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, and other Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.

As the name of the heroic king and seventh avatar of Viṣṇu in the epic Rāmāyaṇa, Raam has been in continuous use for millennia across India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and among global South Asian diasporas. It also appears in Sikh scripture as a divine epithet. Common variants and spellings include Ram, Rama, Rām, and Raama; related compounds include Ramchandra, Ramkumar, and Ramprasad, with nicknames like Ramu and Ramji. Note that the Hebrew name Ram (“exalted”) is etymologically distinct though spelled similarly in English.