Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) : Hindu name from Sanskrit rāmanātha ‘lord Rama’ (from rāma ‘pleasing’, ‘charming’ (name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu; see Ram) + nātha ‘lord’), + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a personal name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.