Raghavan is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit raghava, meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States.
It may refer to:
Asteroids
- 24149 Raghavan, asteroid
Films
- Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram, a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film
- A character in 2006 Indian film Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
- Kanneganti Raghavan, a character in the Indian KGF (film series)
- Veera Raghavan, the name of the protagonist in the Indian Tamil-language film Beast