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Indian Names


The names listed here are used in India. Refer also to sources of Indian names.
 ABHAY-MANISH   MANJULA-VIVEK 

MANJULA   f
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "sweet" in Sanskrit.

MANJUSHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "a box of jewels", derived from Sanskrit mani "jewel".

MANSOOR   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of MANSUR

MANU   m
Usage: Indian
Means "man" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu.

MASOOD   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of MAS'UD

MASSOUD   m
Usage: Indian
Iranian form of MAS'UD

MAYA (1)   f
Usage: Indian
Means "illusion" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha).

MEENA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "fish" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is the name of the daughter of the goddess Usha as well as the daughter of the god Kubera.

MEERA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of MIRA

MEHMUD   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of MAHMUD

MIRA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "prosperous" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna.

MOHAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "bewitching" in Sanskrit. This is another name for the Hindu gods Shiva, Kama and Krishna.

MOHANA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of MOHAN

MOHANDAS   m
Usage: Indian
Means "servant of MOHAN" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer of this name was Mohandas Karamchand, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader who struggled peacefully for independence from Britain.

MOHINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of MAHENDRA

MOHINI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "to bewitch" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth this was the name taken by Vishnu when he adopted the form of a woman.

MOSTAFA   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of MUSTAFA

MUKESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "ruler of Muka" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend Muka was a demon in the form of a wild boar. He was killed by the god Shiva.

MUKUL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "bud, blossom" in Sanskrit.

MURALI   m
Usage: Indian
Means "flute" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Krishna, given to him because he played the flute.

NAGENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "snake of Indra" from Sanskrit naga "snake" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA. This was the name of a large snake in Hindu legend.

NAITIK   m
Usage: Indian
Means "moral" in Sanskrit.

NANDA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "joy" in Sanskrit. In Hindu texts this is a name of both Vishnu and the foster-father of Krishna, as well as various other characters. In Buddhist texts this is the name of a god and a disciple of Buddha. Nanda was also the name of the 4th-century BC king who founded a dynasty in Magadha in India.

NARAYAN   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "son of man" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is the name of the god of creation, later synonymous with the god Brahma.

NARENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "man of Indra" from Sanskrit nara "man" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

NARINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of NARENDRA

NAVEEN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "new" in Sanskrit.

NEELAM   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "sapphire" in Sanskrit.

NEHA   f
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "love" in Sanskrit.

NILA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.

NISHANT   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "dawn" from Sanskrit.

NITYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "always, eternal" in Sanskrit.

OM   m
Usage: Indian
From the Sanskrit om, considered to be a sacred syllable because it represents the range of sounds that can be made by the human voice.

PADMA   m,f
Usage: Indian
Means "lotus" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth this was another name of both the hero Rama and the goddess Lakshmi.

PADMAVATI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "like a lotus", derived from the Sanskrit word padma "lotus" combined with vati "resembling". In Hindu legend this was the name of the foster-mother of Skanda.

PADMINI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "full of lotuses" from the Sanskrit word padma "lotus" combined with ini "having".

PALLAB   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of PALLAV

PALLAV   m
Usage: Indian
Means "budding leaf" in Sanskrit.

PARVATI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: PAHR-vah-tee
Means "daughter of the mountain" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology Parvati is one of the many names of the wife of Shiva.

PITAMBAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "yellow garments", derived from Sanskrit pita "yellow" and ambara "garment". This is another name of the Hindu gods Vishnu or Krishna, given to them because yellow clothing is traditionally worn at religious events.

POORNIMA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.

PRABHAKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "light maker", derived from Sanskrit prabha "light" and kara "maker". This is a name given to the sun in Hindu texts. It was also borne by a medieval Hindu scholar.

PRABHU   m
Usage: Indian
Means "mighty" in Sanskrit. This was an epithet of both the Hindu gods Surya and Agni.

PRABODH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "awakening" in Sanskrit.

PRADEEP   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit pradipa meaning "light, lantern".

PRAKASH   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit prakasa meaning "light".

PRAMOD   m
Usage: Indian
Means "joy" in Sanskrit. This was the name of an attendant of Skanda in Hindu legend.

PRAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "breath" in Sanskrit.

PRANAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "love" in Sanskrit.

PRASAD   m
Usage: Indian
Means "brightness" in Sanskrit.

PRASANNA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "cheerful" in Sanskrit.

PRATAP   m
Usage: Indian
Means either "heat" or "glory" in Sanskrit.

PRATIBHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means either "light" or "intelligence, wit" in Sanskrit.

PRATIMA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "image, icon" in Sanskrit.

PREETI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "love" in Sanskrit.

PREM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "love" in Sanskrit.

PREMA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of PREM

PRIYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "beloved" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this is the name of a daughter of King Daksha.

PURUSHOTTAM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "the best man" from Sanskrit purusa "man" and uttama "highest". This is another name of Vishnu or Krishna.

PUSHPA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "flower" in Sanskrit.

RABINDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Bengali form of RAVINDRA

RACHANA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of RACHNA

RACHNA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "creation" in Sanskrit.

RADHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "success" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the favourite consort of the Hindu god Krishna.

RAGHU   m
Usage: Indian
Means "swift" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a hero in Hindu legends. It is also mentioned as the name of a son of Buddha in Buddhist texts.

RAHUL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "able, efficient" in Sanskrit. This was a name of a son of Buddha.

RAJ   m
Usage: Indian
Means "king" or "prince" in Sanskrit.

RAJANI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "night" in Sanskrit. This was another name of the Hindu goddess Kali.

RAJENDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RAJENDRA

RAJENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "Indra is the king", derived from Sanskrit raj "king" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

RAJESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "the king is the lord" from Sanskrit raj "king" and isa "lord, ruler".

RAJINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RAJENDRA

RAJIV   m
Usage: Indian
Means "striped" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a kind of fish and of the blue lotus.

RAJNEESH   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RAJNISH

RAJNISH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of the night" from Sanskrit rajani "night" and isa "lord, ruler".

RAKESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of the full-moon day" from Sanskrit raka "full-moon day" and isa "lord, ruler".

RAM   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RAMA

RAMA   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: RAH-mah
Means "pleasing" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu. It was also borne by the hero of the 'Ramayana', a Hindu epic, which tells of the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and his efforts to recapture her.

RAMACHANDER   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RAMACHANDRA

RAMACHANDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "Rama moon", derived from RAMA, another name of Vishnu, combined with Sanskrit candra meaning "moon".

RAMAKRISHNA   m
Usage: Indian
Combination of the names of the Hindu gods RAMA and KRISHNA.

RAMESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "ruler of Rama", derived from Sanskrit Rama, a name of Lakshmi (wife of the god Vishnu), combined with isa "ruler". This was one of the names of Vishnu.

RAMESHWAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord Rama", derived from RAMA, another name of Vishnu, combined with Sanskrit isvara meaning "lord".

RANI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "queen" in Sanskrit.

RANJ   m
Usage: Indian
Short form of RANJIT

RANJEET   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of RANJIT

RANJIT   m
Usage: Indian
Means either "coloured" or "charmed, delighted" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer was Ranjit Singh, the founder of a Sikh kingdom that covered most of the Punjab and Kashmir.

RASHEED   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of RASHID

RASHMI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "ray of sunlight" in Sanskrit.

RATAN   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit ratna meaning "jewel".

RATI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "rest, pleasure" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the wife of the Hindu god of love Kama.

RATNAM   m
Usage: Indian
Southern Indian form of RATAN

RAVI   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: RAH-vee
Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is the Hindu god of the sun.

RAVINDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "Indra is the sun" from Sanskrit ravi "sun" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

RISHI   m
Usage: Indian
Means "sage" in Sanskrit.

ROHAN (1)   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit rohana meaning "ascending".

RUKMINI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "adorned with gold" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this was the name of a lover of the god Krishna.

RUPINDER   f
Usage: Indian
Means "Indra is beauty" from Sanskrit rupa "beauty" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

SACHIN   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "pure" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Indra.

SALEEM   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of SALIM

SANDEEP   m
Usage: Indian
Perhaps means "a lighted lamp" in Sanskrit.

SANDHYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "twilight" in Sanskrit. This was the name of the daughter of the Hindu god Brahma.

SANJAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "triumphant" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a royal official in Hindu legends.

SANJEET   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SANJIT

SANJEEV   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SANJIV

SANJIT   m
Usage: Indian
Means "invincible" in Sanskrit.

SANJIV   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit samjiva meaning "reviving".

SANKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SHANKARA

SARASWATI   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "owning water" from Sanskrit saras "fluid, water, lake" and vati "owning". In Hindu mythology this is the name of a river goddess, also associated with learning, who is the wife of Brahma.

SARIKA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "parrot" in Sanskrit.

SASHI   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SHASHI

SATISH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "lord of Sati" from Sanskrit Sati, a name of the Hindu goddess Durga the wife of Shiva, and isa "ruler".

SAVITRI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "relating to Savitr" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth Savitr was the god of the sun, and Savitri was his daughter the sun. In other legends this is the name of the wife of King Satyavan. After her husband died she successfully pleaded with Yama, the god of death, to restore him to life.

SEETA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of SITA

SEETHA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of SITA

SEKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "crest, peak" in Sanskrit.

SHAKTI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "power" in Sanskrit. In Hinduism a shakti is the female counterpart of a god. The name Shakti is used particularly to refer to the female counterpart of Shiva.

SHAKUNTALA   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit sakunta meaning "bird". This is the name of the title character in the 5th-century play 'Shakuntala' by Kalidasa. It tells how Shakuntala, who was raised in the forest by birds, meets and marries the king Dushyanta. After a curse is laid upon them Dushyanta loses his memory and they are separated, but eventually the curse is broken after Shakuntala shows the king the ring he gave her.

SHANDAR   m
Usage: Indian
Means "proud" in Sanskrit.

SHANKAR   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SHANKARA

SHANKARA   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from the Sanskrit elements sam "auspicious, lucky" and kara "making". This is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. This was also the name of a 9th-century Indian religious philosopher also known as Shankaracharya.

SHANTA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "pacified, calm" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this is the daughter of King Dasaratha.

SHANTI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "quiet, peace, tranquility" in Sanskrit.

SHAREEF   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of SHARIF

SHARMA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "protection, comfort, joy" in Sanskrit.

SHARMILA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "protection, comfort, joy" in Sanskrit.

SHASHI   m
Usage: Indian
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit.

SHEELA   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit sila meaning "character, conduct".

SHEKHAR   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SEKAR

SHIVA   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Pronounced: SHEE-va
Derived from Sanskrit siva meaning "benign". Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction and restoration, the husband of the mother goddess Parvati. His aspect is usually terrifying, but it can also be gentle.

SHOBHA   f
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit sobha meaning "brilliance".

SHRIPATI   m
Usage: Indian
Means "husband of Sri" from the name of the Hindu goddess SRI combined with Sanskrit pati "husband, lord".

SHYAM   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit syama meaning "dark, black, blue". This is another name of the god Krishna in Hindu mythology.

SHYAMA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of SHYAM. In Hindu mythology this is one of the many names of the wife of Shiva.

SHYAMAL   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant of SHYAM

SHYAMALA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant of SHYAMA

SIB   m
Usage: Indian
Northern Indian form of SHIVA

SIDDHARTA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SIDDHARTHA

SIDDHARTHA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "accomplished goal", derived from Sanskrit siddha "accomplished" and artha "goal". Siddharatha Gautama was the real name of Buddha.

SITA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest. This is also the name of the wife of Rama in the Hindu epic the 'Ramayana'.

SITARA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "star" in Sanskrit.

SOHAIL   m
Usage: Indian
Urdu form of SUHAIL

SONAL   f
Usage: Indian
Means "golden" in Sanskrit.

SRI   f
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: SHREE
Means "light, beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

SUBHASH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "eloquent", derived from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with bhasa "speech".

SUDARSHANA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "beautiful" in Sanskrit.

SUDHIR   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with dhira "wise".

SULABHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "easy, simple, natural" in Sanskrit.

SULAIMAN   m
Usage: Indian
Indian form of SÜLEYMAN

SUMAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "well-disposed, good mind", derived from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" and manas "mind".

SUMANTRA   m
Usage: Indian
Means "good advice" from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with mantra "advice".

SUMATI   f,m
Usage: Indian
Means "wise", derived from Sanskrit su "good" and mati "advice". In Hindu legend this name was borne by the second wife of King Sagara. By him she was the mother of sixty thousand children.

SUNDAR   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SUNDER

SUNDARA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SUNDER

SUNDER   m
Usage: Indian
Derived from Sanskrit sundara meaning "beautiful".

SUNIL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "very blue" from Sanskrit su "very" combined with nila "dark blue".

SUNITA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "well conducted", derived from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with nita "conducted". In Hindu legend this is the name of the daughter of King Anga of Bengal.

SUNITHA   f
Usage: Indian
Variant of SUNITA

SUNITI   f
Usage: Indian
Means "good conduct" from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with niti "conduct".

SURAJ   m
Usage: Indian
Means "the sun" in Sanskrit.

SURENDRA   m
Usage: Indian
Variant of SURINDER

SURESH   m
Usage: Indian
Means "ruler of the gods" from Sanskrit sura "god" and isa "ruler". This is another name of Indra, Shiva or Vishnu.

SURINDER   m
Usage: Indian
Means "Indra is god" from Sanskrit sura "god" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA.

SURYA   m
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "sun" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is the name of the god of the sun.

SUSHEELA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of SUSHIL

SUSHIL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "good conduct", derived from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with sila "conduct".

SUSHILA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of SUSHIL. This is the name of a wife of the Hindu god Krishna.

SWARAN   m
Usage: Indian
Means "good colour" from the Sanskrit prefix su "good" combined with varna "colour".

TARA (2)   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "star" in Sanskrit. In Hindu and Buddhist mythology Tara was an astral goddess, the wife of Brihaspati.

TORIL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "temper" in Sanskrit.

UMA   f
Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "flax" in Sanskrit. Flax is a herb with blue flowers. Uma is a name of the goddess Parvati in Hindu mythology.

USHA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "dawn" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth this is the name of the daughter of heaven and also the name of a demon princess.

VASANT   m
Usage: Indian
Means "spring" in Sanskrit. Vasant is the god of spring in Hindu mythology.

VASANTA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of VASANT

VASU   m
Usage: Indian
Means "bright, excellent" in Sanskrit. This is an epithet of several Hindu gods. It also belongs to one of the authors of the Rig-Veda.

VENKAT   m
Usage: Indian
From the name of a sacred hill in southern India.

VIDYA   f
Usage: Indian
Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit. This was another name of the Hindu goddess Saraswati.

VIJAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "victory" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend Vijay was the name of both a grandson of Indra and a son of Krishna. This is also the name of a provence in eastern India.

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

VIKRAM   m
Usage: Indian
Means "stride, pace" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is another name of the god Vishnu. This was also the name of a 1st-century BC king of Ujjain in India.

VIMAL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "clean, pure" in Sanskrit.

VIMALA   f
Usage: Indian
Feminine form of VIMAL

VINAY   m
Usage: Indian
Means "leading asunder" in Sanskrit.

VIPUL   m
Usage: Indian
Possibly means "plenty" from Sanskrit.

VISHAL   m
Usage: Indian
Means "large, broad" in Sanskrit.

VIVEK   m
Usage: Indian
Means "wisdom, knowledge" in Sanskrit.

 ABHAY-MANISH   MANJULA-VIVEK 
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