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Ramnarain Surname Meaning

Indian: from a variant of the personal name Ramnarayan from Sanskrit rāma ‘pleasing’ the name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu + nārāyaṇa (see Narayan).

This surname is found mainly in South Africa, Mauritius, and Guyana; it is not used in India.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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