Ratnakar or Rathnakar is an Indian name derived from Sanskrit Ratna.

Ratnakar, Sanskrit term for ocean or sea, specifically the Indian Ocean Ratnākara (9th century CE), Sanskrit poet Rathnakar (actor), Indian actor Ratnākaraśānti (10th to mid 11th century CE), Buddhist philosopher Ratnakar Hari Kelkar (1904–1985), reviser and translator of the Bible Kimmane Rathnakar, Indian politician from Karnataka Ratnakar Matkari (born 1938), Marathi writer Ratnakar Pai (1928–2009), Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana Ratnakar Pandey, a politician from India Ratnakar Bank, a scheduled commercial bank in Maharashtra Sangita Ratnakara, 13th century musicological text Dashyu Ratnakar, a 1962 Ollywood/Oriya film directed by Prabhat Mukherjee Dasyu Ratnakar Ratnakar (2019 film), a 2019 Assamese-language film by Jatin Bora

See also Ratna (disambiguation) Kar (disambiguation)