as a First Name
(Indian) Etymology uncertain; probably from a Sanskrit compound meaning ‘possessing drops (of rain)’. Indra is the name of the god of the sky and lord of the rain, who conquers the demons of darkness by using his thunderbolt. Indra is now found mainly in compound names such as Inderjit and Jaswinder.
| 5,603rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,468
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Indra per capita
- 1976
- marked the height of its popularity
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17%
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33%
13-29
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50%
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