73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Sanskrit, Buddhism Scripts गौतम(Sanskrit) Pronounced Pron. GAW-ta-ma(Sanskrit) [key] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links In the case of Siddhartha Gautama, it was a patronymic form of Gotama. Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha, was the founder of Buddhism. He was a 6th-century BC nobleman who left his family in order to lead a life of meditation and poverty. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesGautam, Goutam(Bengali) Gautam, Gotam(Hindi) Gotama(Hinduism) Gautam(Marathi) Categories animals, cows, nobility, the best