Vishnu

Where Vishnu comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).
— Wiktionary's entry for Vishnu
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #5,123 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2007
    Peak, #2,094
    65 babies named Vishnu — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,450.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.