as a First Name
Sanskrit: ‘being maintained’, an epithet of Agni, the god of fire; also the name of a legendary emperor, ancestor of both the warring parties in the Mahabharata, and of Rama's loyal younger brother and regent in the Ramayana. Bharat was adopted as the official name of India at independence.
| 3,918th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,711
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Bharat per capita
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