Boy And Girl Names

Here is a list of some boy names from India with their meanings. There are Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain names. Maybe there is a name here that you would like for your little one.

Abhay - fearless
Abhijat - noble, wise
Abhinav- quite new
Achintya - beyond comprehension
Achyuta - indestructible
Aditya - sun
Ambar - sky
Ameya - boundless, magnanimous
Amish - honest
Amit - endless, boundless
Atul - matchless
Atulya - incomparable
Avinash - indestructible
Avanindra - king of the earth
Avanish - god of the earth

Balaaditya - young sun
Balachandra - young moon
Balakrishna - young krishna
Balamani - young jewel
Balamohan - one who is attractive
Bipin - forest
Brijmohan - Krishna
Buddhadev - wise person

Chaitanya - life, knowledge
Chaman - garden
Chandra - moon
Chandrak - peacock feather
Chetan - life
Chidambar - one whose heart is as big as the sky
Chinmay - full of knowledge
Chintamani - philosopher’s stone
Chirag - lamp
Chiranjeev - long lived
Chittaswarup - the supreme spirit
Chittaprasad - happiness
Chudamani - crest jewel
Chitraksh - beautiful eyed

Dayanand - one who likes being merciful
Deepak - lamp, kindle
Devdas - servant of god
Devadutt - gift of god
Devanand - joy of god
Devraj - king of gods
Debashish - pleased by gods
Devesh - god of gods
Devang - part of god
Divyesh - sun
Divyendu - bright moon
Duranjaya - a heroic son
Durjaya - difficult to conquer

Ekanga - bodyguard
Eknath - poet, saint

Gagan - sky, heaven
Gaganvihari - one who stays in heaven
Gajanan - one with elephant face
Gajendra - elephant king
Ganaraj - lord of the clan
Gangadhar - Shiva
Gangadutt - gift of Ganga
Gaurang - fair complexioned
Gopan - protection
Gunaratna - jewel of virtue
Gulab - rose
Guru - teacher, master, priest

Harsha - joy, delight
Harshad - one who gives pleasure
Harshul - deer
Harshal - lover
Harshvardhan - one who increases joy
Hemang - one with shining body
Hemadri - mountain of gold
Hemant - one of the six seasons
Hridaynath - beloved
Hridayesh - king of heart
Hrishikesh - one who controls senses
Hiresh - king of gems

Ibhanan - elephant faced
Ikshu - sugarcane
Ilesh - lord of earth
Indeever - blue lotus

Jagadhidh - lord of the world
Jagadeep - light of the world
Jagajeet - conquerer of the world
Jagajeevan - life of the world
Jagannath - lord of the world
Jagmohan - one who attracts the world
Jayadeep - light of victory
Jaidev - god of victory
Jeevan - life
Jitendra - lord of conquerors
Jinendra - lord of life
Jishnu - triumphant
Jnyandeep - light of knowledge
Jnyaneshwar - god of wisdom

Kamadev - god of love
Kamal - lotus flower
Kamlesh - god of lotus
Kanak - gold
Kanan - forest
Kartik - name of one of the months
Kartikeya - god of war
Kavi - a wise man, poet
Kaushal - clever, skilled
Kaushik - sentiment of love

Lalit - beautiful
Lalitchandra - beautiful moon
Lalitaditya - beautiful sun
Lalitmohan - beautiful and attractive
Lokesh - king of world
Loknath - lord of all worlds
Lokprakash - light of the world

Madhav - sweet like honey
Madhu - honey, nectar
Madhukar - honey bee, lover
Mahabala - great strength
Mahadev - most powerful god
Mahavir - most courageous among men
Manindra - diamond
Mansukh - pleasure of mind
Manprasad - mentally calm and cool person
Manoranjan - one who pleases the mind
Manohar - one who wins over mind
Manoj - born of mind
Manu - founder father of human beings
Markandeya - a sage
Mareechi - ray of light
Mohan - charming, fascinating
Mohin - attractive
Monish - lord of mind
Mukesh - lord of the dumb
Mukul - bud
Mukunda - freedom giver

Nalin - lotus, water
Namdev - poet, saint
Nanda - meritorious, great achiever
Nandan - pleasing, son
Nandakishor - wiz kid
Nandi - one who pleases others
Narayana - Vishnu, refuge of man
Naresh - lord of man
Narendra - king of men
Narhari - man-lion
Nityanand - perennially happy
Nivrutti - separation from world
Nripendra - king of king

Ojas - body strength
Omanand - joy of Om
Omprakash - light of Om
Oojam - enthusiasm
Oorjit - powerful

Pankaj - lotus flower
Parag - pollen grains
Paramartha - highest truth
Paramjeet - highest success
Paritosh - contentment
Parees - touch stone
Paresh - supreme spirit
Pariket - against desire
Parindra - lion
Prem - love
Premal - full of love
Premanand - joy of love
Pritam - lover
Prithu - broad, spacious
Prithvijaj - king of the earth
Priyaranjan - beloved
Puneet - pure

Raj - kin
Rajan - king
Rajani - night
Rajanikant - sun, lord of night
Rajkumar - prince
Rajeev - blue lotus
Rajesh - god of kings
Rajiv - lotus flower
Rakesh - lord of the night, sun
Rochan - red lotus, bright
Rupesh - lord of beauty
Rupak - sign, feature
Rupin - embodied beauty
Rujul - simple, honest
Rutajit - conqueror of truth
Rutujit - conqueror of season

Sachetan - rational
Sagar - sea, ocean
Sadanand - ever joyous
Samarjit - victorious in war
Samir - wind
Samrat - emperor
Samudra - sea
Sandeep - a lighted lamp
Sanjog - coincidence
Sapan - dream
Shashee - moon
Shashank - moon
Shashikant - moon stone
Shardul - tiger
Surya - sun
Suryakant - loved by the sun
Suvrata - strict in religious vows (Subrata)
Swagat - welcome
Swaraj - liberty, freedom
Swapnil - seen in a dream, dreamy

Tanmay - engrossed
Tarun - young, youth
Tapan - sun, summer
Tapas - heat, penance
Tarak - star, pupil of eye, protector
Taran - raft, heaven
Tarang - wave
Tungar - high, lofty
Tungesh - moon
Tushar - fine drops of water

Uday - to rise
Udeep - flood
Udit - grown, awakened, shining
Ujesh - one who gives light
Ulhas - joy, delight
Umang - enthusiasm

Vaibhav - richness
Vajramani - diamond
Vallabh - beloved, dear
Vandan - salutation
Varun - lord of the waters
Vasu - wealth
Vishva - earth, universe
Vishwas - faith, trust
Viswanath - god of universe
Vishwamitra - friend of the universe
Vishvatma - universal soul
Vivek - judgement
Vyomesh - lord of the sky

Yash - victory, glory
Yashodhara - one who has achieved fame
Yashodhan - rich in fame
Yashwant - one who has achieved glory
Yashpal - protector of fame
Yatin - ascetic