75%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Hinduism, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil Scripts नारायण(Sanskrit) ನಾರಾಯಣ(Kannada) నారాయణ(Telugu) நாராயணா(Tamil) Meaning & History Means "path of man" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is the name of the god of creation, later synonymous with the god Brahma, and even later with Vishnu. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantNarayanan(Tamil) Other Languages & CulturesNarayan(Bengali) Narayan(Hindi) Narayanan(Malayalam) Narayan(Marathi) Narayan(Nepali) Narayan(Odia) Categories creator deities, ends in -ana, gods, Hinduism, mythology, travel