Sanskrit/Hindi · Unisex name
Rajinder
“lord of kings”
About the name Rajinder
Rajinder is the Punjabi form of the Sanskrit name Rajendra, meaning ‘lord of kings’. It combines raja ‘king’ with indra, used in compounds to mean ‘chief, lord’, after Indra, king of the gods. The name is mainly masculine, but among Sikhs it is also given to girls together with the surname Kaur. A noted bearer was Rajinder Singh Bedi, an Urdu short-story writer and screenwriter. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, bore the Sanskrit form.
- Meaning
- lord of kings
- Origin
- Sanskrit/Hindi
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- rah-JIN-dur(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Rajinder
- Rajinder Kumar
- Rajinder Singh
- Rajinder Prasad
- Rajinder Malhotra
- Rajinder Chandra
Questions about Rajinder
- What does Rajinder mean?
- Rajinder is a Sanskrit name meaning "lord of kings".
- How do you pronounce Rajinder?
- Rajinder is pronounced rah-JIN-dur, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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