The baby name Rakesh Patel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hindi IPA: /raːkeːʃ/; English approximation: RAH-kesh (ˈRAH-kesh).
The baby name Rakesh Patel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hindi IPA: /raːkeːʃ/; English approximation: RAH-kesh (ˈRAH-kesh).
Rakesh Patel is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
Rakesh is an Indian masculine given name from Sanskrit: rāka (bright/full moon) + īśa (lord), yielding the meaning “lord of the night” or “lord of the full moon.” It appears across Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and other Indo-Aryan languages and rose to modern popularity in the mid- to late 20th century. Variant spellings include Raakesh and the related form Rakeshwar; diminutives like Raki occur informally. The name remains common in South Asia and among the global Indian diaspora.
Patel is a Gujarati-origin surname and honorific that began as an occupational title for a village headman or landholder, from Gujarati paṭel, likely via Prakrit from Sanskrit paṭṭa (“grant, land record”). It is borne widely in Gujarat and by diaspora communities in East Africa, the United Kingdom, North America, and beyond. Together, “Rakesh Patel” pairs a lunar epithet with a prominent Gujarati family name.
Rakesh Patel is an uncommon pick. Our records hold just 37 recorded uses, spread over 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #651 | 4 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #985 | 17 | 16,750 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
Rakesh Patel is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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