Rajpoot
Sanskrit · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Rajpoot
Rajpoot (also spelled Rajput) derives from Sanskrit "raja" (king) and "putra" (son), literally meaning "son of a king" and historically referred to members of the warrior caste in India.
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Etymology
Rajpoot (also spelled Rajput) derives from Sanskrit "raja" (king) and "putra" (son), literally meaning "son of a king" and historically referred to members of the warrior caste in India. The term is primarily associated with Hindu warrior clans of North India, though some Rajputs converted to Islam and Sikhism; they held significant political and military power from medieval times through the British colonial period.
Rajpoot currently ranks #3,180 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2020.
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