The baby name Romesh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ROH-mesh (IPA: /ˈroʊmeʃ/).
The baby name Romesh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ROH-mesh (IPA: /ˈroʊmeʃ/).
Romesh is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Romesh is a South Asian masculine name, especially common in Sri Lanka and India. It stems from the Sanskrit honorific Rameśa/Rāmeśa (Rāma + īśa "lord"), an epithet of Vishnu. In traditional glosses it means "lord of Ramā (Lakshmi)," hence "Lord Vishnu," and is sometimes interpreted as "lord of Rama." The base Rāma also carries the sense "pleasing, delightful," so the compound evokes rulership allied with delight or auspiciousness.
The form Romesh reflects regional phonology and colonial-era spellings in Bengali and Sinhala that round the short a of Ramesh to o; Ramesh remains the pan-Indian standard. Related variants include Ramesh, Ramesha, Rameshwar/Rameshvara; feminine cognates such as Rameshwari appear in North India. The name gained broad 20th-century circulation and persists in the diaspora, borne by figures like cricketer Romesh Kaluwitharana, novelist Romesh Gunesekera, and comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | 0 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #348 | 10 | 8,477 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| BH | 0 | #536 | 18 | 17,937 | |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #558 | 19 | 10,045 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #669 | 39 | 18,093 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #737 | 33 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #850 | 152 | 16,750 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #861 | 21 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,046 | 47 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,266 | 7 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,407 | 65 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,556 | 59 | 28,008 |
Romesh is popular in 25 countries — most recent births per country:
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