Behind the Name: Ravioli's Personal Name List

Ravi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Nepali

Other Scripts: रवि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ରବି(Odia) રવિ(Gujarati) రవి(Telugu) ரவி(Tamil) ರವಿ(Kannada) রবি(Bengali)

Pronounced: RU-vee(Sanskrit) RAH-vee(English) rə-VEE(Hindi) RU-vi(Gujarati) RAW-bee(Bengali)

Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).

Gaylord

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: GAY-lawrd

From an English surname that was derived from Old French gaillard "high-spirited, boisterous". This name was rarely used after the mid-20th century, when the word gay acquired the slang meaning "homosexual".