Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: रवि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) রবি(Bengali) ରବି(Odia) રવિ(Gujarati) రవి(Telugu) ரவி(Tamil) ರವಿ(Kannada)
Pronounced: RAH-vee(English) rə-VEE(Hindi) 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).