Boy · Tamil, from Sanskrit ravi and candra · Tamil · Hindu
Ravichandran
ரவிச்சந்திரன்Say it RA-vi-chun-drun
- Meaning
- Sun and moon Monier-Williams, p. 869
- Say it
- RA-vi-chun-drun
- Written
- ரவிச்சந்திரன்
- Other spellings
- Ravichandra, Ravichandar
Ravichandran
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Ravichandran meaning
Ravichandran (ரவிச்சந்திரன்) is a Tamil and Hindu boy's name.
Sun and moon
Ravichandran (ரவிச்சந்திரன்) joins the two lights of the sky. Ravi is the sun, which Monier-Williams gives as the sun or sun-god, and candra is the moon, from a root meaning to shine; the Tamil Lexicon records both, as iravi and cantiraṉ, with the Tamil masculine ending -an. Name lists render it 'sun and moon'. It is used in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and it is also carried as a father's initial, as the cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin does.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 869 · entry ravi · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, ravi, p. 869 · Monier-Williams, candra, p. 386 · Tamil Lexicon, iravi (இரவி), p. 315 · Tamil Lexicon, cantiraṉ (சந்திரன்), p. 1270
How the name is built
- Ravi ரவி: the sun
Monier-Williams 869 · Tamil Lexicon 315 - Chandran சந்திரன்: the moon
Monier-Williams 386 · Tamil Lexicon 1270
Spellings
Ravichandran · Ravichandra · Ravichandar