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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka) : Hindu name meaning ‘lord Rama’ (from Sanskrit rāma ‘pleasing’, name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu, + svāmī ‘lord’). This is only a personal name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.

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