Kunal Nayyar is a British Indian actor and writer known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. According to Forbes, Nayyar was third on the list of World’s Highest-Paid TV Actors for 2015 with earnings of US$20 million after The Big Bang Theory.
Significance of name Kunal is the name of one of the Himalayan birds (painted snipe). Emperor Ashoka, who once ruled almost all of India named his son Kunala, after the eyes of this Himalayan bird. The meaning of Kunal in Sanskrit is "bird with a beautiful eyes' and if name of a person it means "someone who sees beauty in everything" or "one with beautiful eyes".