Rukmiṇīramaṇa (रुक्मिणीरमण, IAST: Rukmiṇīramaṇa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Beloved consort and delight of Rukmiṇī”. Rukmiṇī is the principal queen of Krishna, and ramaṇa (from ram, to delight or sport) means beloved husband, celebrating the divine romance between the Lord and His foremost devotee-queen.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Rukmiṇī, the princess of Vidarbha, is regarded in Vaishnava tradition as a direct manifestation of Lakshmi who chose Krishna as her lord with single-minded devotion, even writing to Him to save her from an unwanted match. Ramaṇa, derived from the Sanskrit root ram (to rejoice, to be pleased), signifies the one who brings supreme joy and who delights in the beloved — making this compound a tender proclamation of Krishna's loving nature. The name is celebrated in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and is beloved among devotees who cherish the theology of divine love (prema-bhakti).

Krishna bears this epithet as the devoted and joyful husband of Rukmiṇī; it is occasionally used as a given name for boys in Telugu and Kannada-speaking Vaishnava families, pronounced Ruk-mi-ṇī-ra-ma-ṇa with stress on the first syllable.

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Scriptural source

Rukmiṇīramaṇa appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Rukmiṇīramaṇa aligns with the Swati nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.