Meaning & Origin
A Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.
Rudra is a boy's and girl's baby name of Sanskrit origin, meaning 'the howler, the roarer' or 'the terrible one' — from the Sanskrit rud (to howl, to weep). Rudra is one of the most ancient and complex deities in the Vedic tradition, associated with storms, the hunt, and transformation.
In the Rigveda, Rudra is the fierce storm god who can both cause disease and heal it — a deity of tremendous destructive and creative power. He is considered an early form of Shiva. The name carries the awesome, fearsome energy of the divine storm — a name for a child of extraordinary force and vitality.