Rajiv is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “lotus flower.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Rajiv at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“lotus flower”
About the name Rajiv
Rajiv belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “lotus flower” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rajiv first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1238 in 1985, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 820 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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