Gautama

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: गौतम (Sanskrit)
Pronounced: GAW-ta-ma  

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.