What does the name Narsimha mean?

Narsimha means "Man-lion, Vishnu avatar". It is a boy's name of Telugu origin.

Narsimha

Narsimha means Man-lion, Vishnu avatar.

Gender	boy
Origin	Telugu
Language	Telugu
Starts with	N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Man-lion, Vishnu avatar”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Krishna — Dark, all attractive, Vishnu avatar
Rama — Pleasing, Vishnu avatar
Narasingha — Man-lion, Narasimha avatar of Vishnu
Upendra — Younger brother of Indra, Vamana avatar
Parashuram — Rama with the axe, sixth avatar of Vishnu
Ramakrishnan — Ram and Krishna, dual avatar name

More boys' names of Telugu origin

Venkatesh — Lord of the Venkata hill
Srinivas — Abode of Lakshmi, Venkateswara
Venkata — Name of a hill, Venkateswara
Balaji — Lord Venkateswara, the young lord
Teja — Brilliance, radiance, strength
Vamsi — Flute, descendant

Where this comes from

Narsimha 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.