Gautama name - Meaning of Gautama

Gautama name - Meaning of Gautama

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

1

Usage

Indian, Sanskrit

Pronounced

GAW-ta-ma, gau-TAHM-mah

Gautama Meaning

Variant of Gotama, or in the case of Siddhartha Gautama, a patronymic form. Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was a 6th-century Bc nobleman who left his family in order to lead a life of meditation and poverty. Gautama is a variant of Gotama. Gotama originates in Sanskrit and means "the bright one in the darkness". As a masculine given name it is mainly popular in India, in the US it is rather rare.

Gautama Related Names
Variants: Gautam, Gotam, Gotama

Gautama Celebrities
Gautama Buddha - religious leader,