Upendra
The name means "younger brother of Indra", a Sanskrit-rooted name far from home in Poland. Only 26 men here carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Upendra Pronunciation
Upendra is pronounced oo-PEND-rah (/uˈpɛndra/).
What Upendra means
Where Upendra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Upendra comes from Sanskrit. The prefix upa marks something junior or lesser, and it attaches to Indra, the storm king of the Vedic gods. Read together, the name means the younger brother of Indra.
That ranking holds a twist. In the Vamana story Vishnu takes birth after Indra, so the epithet Upendra names him the junior sibling, yet he stands above the elder god. The word carried this sense long before it served as a given name.
Real people have worn it. Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, a Bengali writer and printer born in 1863, published children's books in Calcutta and was grandfather to the filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
On a Polish class register the name would sit alone, with no diminutive beside it and no name-day in the calendar. It stays close to its source. Upendra still means the younger brother of Indra.
How many people are named Upendra
1 in 821007 men in Poland is named Upendra. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8417 among male names.