Hanuman

In the epics

Hanuman appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a ally: Son of the wind god Vayu, supreme among apes, immensely strong and intelligent, capable of assuming many beautiful forms that others would find impossible to replicate.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Ashwini
• More names starting with H

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Jaw-breaker, devotee of Rama”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Vaishnavi — Devotee of Vishnu, goddess power
• Harika — Devotee of Hari, Vishnu
• Shivaji — Devotee of Lord Shiva, the great Maratha king
• Yathin — Devotee, ascetic
• Sai Teja — Bright devotee of Sai
• Gopika — Cowherd girl, devotee of Krishna

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Krishna — Dark, all attractive, Vishnu avatar
• Shiva — Auspicious, the destroyer
• Rama — Pleasing, Vishnu avatar
• Ajay — Unconquerable, invincible
• Naveen — New, fresh
• Rajesh — King of kings

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Musical note, ascending

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.

Where this comes from

Hanuman has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.