What does the name Viknesh mean?

Viknesh means "Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles". It is a boy's name of Tamil origin.

Viknesh

Viknesh means Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles.

Gender	boy
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	V

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Vinayak — Lord Ganesh, remover of obstacles
Goutham — Lord Buddha, remover of darkness
Vijay — Victory, triumph over all obstacles and enemies
Ajit — Invincible, one who is never overcome by obstacles
Vighnesh — Lord of obstacles, Ganesha who removes all hindrances
Ahijit — Conqueror of serpents, victorious over obstacles

More boys' names of Tamil origin

Karthikeyan — Son of Krittika stars, Murugan
Murugan — Lord Murugan, youth
Kavi — Poet
Tharun — Young, tender
Aadhi — Beginning, the first
Iniyan — Sweet person

Where this comes from

Viknesh 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.