Sugriva

In the epics

Sugriva appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a king: King of the apes, golden brown in complexion; introduced to Rama by Hanuman at Pampa and became his ally.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Veeramanikandan — Brave jewel-necked one
• Divya — Divine, brilliant, beautiful
• Naira — Glittering, beautiful eyes
• Shivangi — Beautiful part of Shiva, graceful
• Tanvi — Slender, delicate, beautiful
• Pari — Fairy, beautiful angel

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Reyansh — Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive

Where this comes from

Sugriva 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.