Teil 1

Indian Names



ABHAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "fearless" in Sanskrit.

ADITYA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "sun" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Surya.

AJEET   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of AJIT

AJIT   m
Usage: Indian
Means "he who has not been conquered" or "invincible", from Sanskrit a "not" and jita "conquered". This is a name of the gods Shiva and Vishnu, and of a future Buddha.

AJITH   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of AJIT

AKANKSHA   f
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "desire, wish" in Sanskrit.

AKHIL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "king" in Sanskrit.

AMALA   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit amal meaning "clean, pure".

AMAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "immortal" in Sanskrit.

AMIT   m
Usage: Indian
Means "unmeasurable, infinite" in Sanskrit.

AMITA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of AMIT

AMRIT   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "immortal" from Sanskrit a "not" and mrta "dead". In Hindu legends it refers to a drink which gives immortality.

AMRITA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of AMRIT

ANAND   m
Usage: Indian
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit.

ANANDA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of ANAND

ANANTA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu.

ANANTH   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of ANANTA

ANANTHA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of ANANTA

ANIL   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit anila "air, wind". This was another name of Vayu, the Hindu god of the wind.

ANILA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of ANIL

ANIMA (1)   f
Usage: Indian
Means "minuteness" in Sanskrit. In yoga texts, this is the name of the ability to make oneself infinitely small so to be invisible.

ANIRUDDHA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "without obstacles" in Sanskrit. This was the name of the grandson of the Hindu god Krishna.

ANJALI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "offering" in Sanskrit.

ANKUR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "sapling" in Sanskrit.

ANUPAM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "incomparable" in Sanskrit.

ARAVINDA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lotus" in Sanskrit.

ARJUN   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of ARJUNA

ARJUNA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "white" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a hero in Hindu legend, the son of the god Indra and the princess Kunti.

ARUNDHATI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
The name of a star (also called Alcor), possibly meaning "not restrained" in Sanskrit. As a personal name it was borne by the wife of the Hindu sage Vasishtha.

ASEEM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "boundless, limitless" in Sanskrit.

ASHA   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit asa meaning "hope".

ASHOK   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of ASHOKA

ASHOKA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "without sorrow" in Sanskrit. This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of India.

AURANGZEB   m
Usage: Indian
Means "honouring the throne" in Persian. This was the name of a 17th-century Mogul emperor of India.

AVANI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.

BABAR   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of BABUR

BABER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of BABUR

BABUR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lion" in Turkish. This was the name of a 16th-century ruler of India, the founder of the Mogul empire.

BALA   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "young" in Sanskrit.

BALDEV   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "god of strength" from Sanskrit bala "strength" combined with deva "god". Baladeva is the name of the older brother of the Hindu god Krishna.

BASANT   m
Usage: Indian
Bengali form of VASANT

BASU   m
Usage: Indian
Bengali form of VASU

BHARAT   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "being maintained" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth this is one of the names of Agni, the Hindu god of fire, and is also the name of the brother of Rama. It is also borne by a legendary king, the son of Dushyanta. The official name of the country of India, Bharat, derives from him.

BHASKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "shining", derived from a combination of Sanskrit bhas "light" and kara "making". This is another name of the sun and the Hindu god Shiva.

BIJAY   m
Usage: Indian
Bengali form of VIJAY

BIJOY   m
Usage: Indian
Bengali form of VIJAY

CHANDA   f,m
Usage: Indian
Means either "bright" or "fierce" in Sanskrit.

CHANDAN   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit candana meaning "sandalwood".

CHANDANA   m,f
Usage: Indian
Variant and feminine form of CHANDAN

CHANDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of CHANDRA

CHANDRA   f,m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "moon" in Sanskrit. This is a name used in Vedic texts to refer to the moon personified as a deity. This is also the name of a demon in Hindu legends.

CHANDRAKANT   m
Usage: Indian
Means "beloved by the moon", derived from Sanskrit chandra "moon" and kanta "beloved". In Hindu mythology this is the name of a gemstone formed from moonlight, also called the Moonstone.

CHANDRAKANTA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of CHANDRAKANT

CHETANA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "alert, intelligent" in Sanskrit.

DAMAYANTI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "subduing" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this is the name of a beautiful princess, the wife of Nala.

DAMODAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "rope around the belly", derived from from Sanskrit dama "rope" and udara "belly". In Hindu legend this is another name of Krishna, given to him because his foster-mother tied him to a large urn.

DAUD   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of DAVID

DAYARAM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "compassion of Rama" from Sanskrit daya "compassion" combined with the name of the god RAMA.

DEBDAN   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of DEVDAN

DEEPAK   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of DIPAK

DEEPALI   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of DIPALI

DEO   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of DEV

DEODAN   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of DEVDAN

DEV   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit deva meaning "god".

DEVDAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "gift of god" from Sanskrit deva "god" and dana "gift".

DEVDAS   m
Usage: Indian
Means "servant of god" from Sanskrit deva "god" and dasa "gift".

DEVI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit devi meaning "goddess".

DEVIKA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "little goddess" from Sanskrit devi "goddess" and ka "little".

DHANANJAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "winning wealth" in Sanskrit.

DILIP   m
Usage: Indian
Means "protector of Dehli" from Sanskrit Dili "Dehli" combined with pa "protecting". This was the name of several kings in Hindu legend.

DINESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "day lord" from Sanskrit dina "day" and isa "lord". In Hindu texts this is used as a name of the sun.

DIPAK   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "little lamp" from Sanskrit dipa "lamp" and ka "little". This is another name of Kama, the Hindu god of love.

DIPALI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "row of lamps" in Sanskrit.

DIVYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "divine" in Sanskrit.

DULEEP   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of DILIP

DURGA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: DOOR-ga
Means "unattainable" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is a name of the fierce twelve-armed wife of Shiva.

EBRAHIM   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of IBRAHIM

ESHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "desire" in Sanskrit.

ESMAIL   m
Usage: Indian
Indian variant of ISMA'IL

FAHMIDA   f
Usage: Indian
Urdu feminine form of FAHIM

FAREED   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of FARID

FIRDAUS   m
Usage: Iranian, Indian
Derived from the Arabic word firdaws meaning "paradise", ultimately derived from Persian pardis, pairidaeza meaning "garden, enclosure". This name belonged to the 11th-century Persian poet and historian Firdausi.

FIRDOS   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of FIRDAUS

GANESH   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: ga-NAYSH
Means "lord of hordes" from Sanskrit gana "horde" and isa "lord". In Hindu mythology he is the god of wisdom and good luck, the son of the god Shiva. He is often depicted as a short, fat man with the head of an elephant.

GANESHA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of GANESH

GAURI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "white" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is a name of the wife of Shiva, so named because of her white complexion.

GAUTAM   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of GAUTAMA

GAUTAMA   m
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: GAW-ta-ma
From an Indian patronymic which was derived from GOTAM. 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.

GIRISH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of the mountain" in Sanskrit. This was a name of Shiva, given because of his abode in the Himalayan Mountains.

GITA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "song" in Sanskrit. The word appears in 'Bhagavad Gita', the name of a sacred writing of Hinduism (meaning "The Lord's song").

GOBIND   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of GOVIND

GOPAL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "cow protector" from Sanskrit go "cow" and pala "protector". In Hindu myth this is another name of Krishna.

GOTAM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "the best ox" from Sanskrit go "ox, cow" and tama "best". In Hindu legend this was the name of an ancient sage.

GOVIND   m
Usage: Indian
Means "cow finder", derived from Sanskrit go "cow" combined with vind "finding". This is another name of Krishna in Hindu legends.

GOWRI   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of GAURI

HAFEEZ   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of HAFIZ

HARI   m
Usage: Indian
Means either "brown, green" or "lion" or "monkey" in Sanskrit. This was another name of both the Hindu gods Vishnu and Krishna. It was also borne by the son of the Garuda, the bird-like mount of Vishnu.

HARINDER   m
Usage: Indian
From Sanskrit Hari, another name of the god Hindu Vishnu, combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

HARISH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of monkeys" from Sanskrit hari "monkey" and isa "lord". This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu.

IBRAHEEM   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of IBRAHIM

ILA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.

INDERJIT   m,f
Usage: Indian
Variant of INDRAJIT

INDERPAL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "protector of Indra" from the name of the god INDRA combined with Sanskrit pala "protector".

INDIRA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister.

INDRA   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: IN-dra
Means "possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit indu "a drop" and ra "possessing". Indra is the name of the Hindu warrior god of the sky and rain.

INDRAJIT   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "conqueror of Indra" from the name of the god INDRA combined with Sanskrit jit "conquering". In Hindu legend this was the name of the son of Ravana, the demon king of Ceylon.

INDRANI   f
Usage: Indian
Ancient feminine form of INDRA

ISHA   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "protector" in Sanskrit.

JABBAR   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of JABIR

JAFFAR   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of JAFAR

JAFFER   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of JAFAR

JAGANNATH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of the world" from Sanskrit jagat "world" and natha "lord". This is a title of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Krishna.

JAGDISH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "ruler of the world" from Sanskrit jagat "world" and isa "ruler".

JAGJIT   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit jagajjit meaning "conqueror of the world", composed of the elements jagat "world" and jit "conquering".

JAI   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of JAY (2)

JAIDEV   m
Usage: Indian
Means "victory of god" from Sanskrit jaya "victory" and deva "a god".

JAMEEL   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of JAMIL

JAMEELA   f
Usage: Indian
Indian form of JAMILA

JASWINDER   f
Usage: Indian
Means "Indra of the thunderbolt" from the name of the Hindu god INDRA prefixed with Sanskrit jasu, the name of his thunderbolt.

JAY (2)   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit jaya meaning "victory".

JAYA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of JAY (2). This was another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

JAYANT   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit jayanta meaning "victorious".

JAYANTI   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of JAYANT. This was another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

JAYWANT   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit jayavant meaning "possessing victory".

JEETENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of JITENDRA

JITENDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of JITENDRA

JITENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "conqueror of Indra" from Sanskrit jita "conquered" combined with the name of the god INDRA.

JITINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of JITENDRA

JOHAR   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "salute" in Sanskrit.

JYOTI   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit jyotis meaning "light".

JYOTSANA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "moonlight" in Sanskrit.

JYOTSNA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of JYOTSANA

KAILASH   m,f
Usage: Indian
From the name of a mountain in the Himalayas which is believed to be the paradise of the Hindu god Shiva.

KALIDAS   m
Usage: Indian
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess KALI combined with Sanskrit dasa "servant". This was the name of a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the 'Shakuntala'.

KALPANA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "imagining, fantasy" in Sanskrit.

KALYAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit.

KALYANI   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of KALYAN. In Hindu legend this was the name of one of the foster-mothers of Skanda, the son of Shiva. It was also another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

KAMAL (2)   m
Usage: Indian
Means "red" in Sanskrit.

KAMALA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of KAMAL (2)

KANTA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "desired, beautiful" in Sanskrit.

KANTI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess of the moon Chandra.

KAPIL   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of KAPILA

KAPILA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "reddish brown" in Sanskrit. In Hindu texts this is the name of a sage sometimes identified with Vishnu.

KARAN   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit karna meaning "ear". In Hindu legend this was the name of the son of the sun god Surya and Kunti, who gave birth to him through her ear. He was a great warrior who joined the Kauravas and fought against his half-brothers the Pandavas. He was eventually installed as the king of Anga.

KASI   m
Usage: Indian
Means "shining" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a city in India, famous for its many temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

KAUSALYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "of the Kosala people" in Sanskrit. Kosala was an ancient Indian kingdom that was at its most powerful in the 6th century BC. Kausalya was the name of the mother of Rama in Hindu legend.

KAVERI   f
Usage: Indian
From the name of the Kaveri river in southern India.

KHALEEL   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of KHALIL

KIRAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means either "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam" in Sanskrit.

KIRI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "amaranth flower" in Sanskrit.

KISHAN   m
Usage: Indian
Modern form of KRISHNA

KISHEN   m
Usage: Indian
Modern form of KRISHNA

KISHORE   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit kisora meaning "colt".

KISHORI   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of KISHORE

KISTNA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of KRISHNA

KRISHNA   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: KRISH-na
Means "black, dark" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu god believed to be an incarnation of the god Vishnu. He was the youngest of King Vasudeva's eight children, six of whom were killed by King Kamsa because of a prophecy that a child of Vasudeva would kill Kamsa. Krishna however was saved and he eventually killed the king as well as performing many other great feats.

KSHITIJ   f
Usage: Indian
Means "horizon" in Sanskrit.

KUMAR   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit kumara meaning "boy, son". In Hindu texts this is an epithet of both the fire god Agni and Skanda.

KUMARI   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of KUMAR. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

KUNAL   m
Usage: Indian
Perhaps means "lotus" in Sanskrit. This was the name of the son of emperor Ashoka.

LAKSHMAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "having lucky marks" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the 'Ramayana' he is the trusted companion of the hero Rama.

LAKSHMI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: LAK-shmee
Means "sign, mark" in Sanskrit. She is the Hindu goddess of good luck and prosperity, and the wife of Vishnu. Her symbol is the lotus flower.

LAL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "to play, to caress" in Sanskrit.

LALIT   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of LALITA

LALITA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "playful, charming" in Sanskrit. This was one of the playmates of the Hindu god Krishna when he was young.

LATA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "a creeping plant" in Sanskrit.

LAXMAN   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of LAKSHMAN

LAXMI   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of LAKSHMI

LEELA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "play" in Sanskrit.

LILA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of LEELA

LILAVATI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "free will of god" in Sanskrit. The 12th-century mathematician Bhaskara named one of his systems of mathematics after his daughter Lilivati.

LOCHAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "the eye" in Sanskrit.

MADHAV   m
Usage: Indian
Means "vernal, of the springtime" in Sanskrit. Madhava was an epithet of several Hindu gods. It was also the name of a 14th-century Hindu scholar.

MADHAVI   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of MADHAV

MADHU   f
Usage: Indian
From the name of the first month of the Hindu year, which ultimately derives from Sanskrit madhu "sweet, honey".

MADHUKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "bee" in Sanskrit.

MADHUR   f
Usage: Indian
Means "sweet" in Sanskrit.

MAHAVIR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "great hero" from Sanskrit maha "great" and vira "hero". This was the name of the 6th-century BC founder of Jainism.

MAHENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "great Indra" from Sanskrit maha "great" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

MAHINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of MAHENDRA

MAHMOOD   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of MAHMUD

MALA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "necklace" in Sanskrit.

MALATI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "jasmine" in Sanskrit.

MANDEEP   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "lamp of the mind" in Sanskrit.

MANI   m
Usage: Indian
Means "jewel" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth this is the name of serpent.

MANISH   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "lord of the mind" in Sanskrit.