Appendix:Indian given names
A list of given names used in India in their Anglicized spellings, but without gender or ethnic source (India has many native ethnic groups).
A edit
- Aakash
- Aaravamuthan
- Aarthi
- Aayush
- Aarya
- Aashika
- Aashish (also Ashish)
- Abha
- Abhas
- Abhigyan
- Abhijatya
- Abhilash
- Abhinandan
- Abhinav
- Abhinay (also Abhinaya)
- Abhinit (also Abhineet)
- Abhishek
- Adarsh (also Aadarsh)
- Adesh
- Adi
- Adipika (also Adeepika, Aadipika)
- Aditi
- Aditya
- Advik
- Aishwarya
- Ajay
- Ajey
- Ajith (Also Ajit)
- Ajeet
- Akhila
- Akhilesh
- Akshata
- Akshay
- Alikesh
- Alpesh
- Amal
- Aman
- Amani — spring
- Amar
- Ambar
- Amit
- Amol
- Amulya
- Anant
- Ananthu
- Anindita
- Animesh
- Anirudh
- Anish (also spelled Aneesh)
- Anitha
- Anjana — mother of Hanuman
- Anjali — mother of Hanuman
- Anjan
- Anjana
- Anju
- Anjum
- Ankan
- Ankita
- Anmol
- Annapoorna
- Anoop
- Anshul
- Ansuman
- Anshuman
- Anu
- Anubhuti
- Anup
- Anupam
- Anupama
- Anuradha
- Anurag
- Aparna — dry leaf
- Apoorva
- Aravind (also Arabind)
- Aravinda
- Archana
- Arihant
- Arindam (also Arindom)
- Arjun
- Arpita
- Arnav
- Arshad
- Arun
- Aruna
- Aryaki
- Aravind
- Asawari
- Aseem
- Asha
- Ashesh
- Ashish
- Ashu
- Ashvin
- Ashwath
- Ashwatthama
- Ashweeta
- Ashwin
- Ashwini
- Aswini — star (characteristics: fast and active)
- Atmajyoti
- Atul
- Atulya
- Ayush
- Avanindra
- Avanish
- Avinash
- Azhagu
- Anbuselvam
- Anbu
- Athi
- Anbukarsan
- Anand — happiness
- Ananda
- Anbarasi
- Anita
- Anusha
- Aravindra
- Avani — earth
- Aviral
B edit
- Babita
- Bandheka — the girl who stays in limits
- Bandheria — the intelligent
- Babu
- Babul
- Bablu
- Bala
- Balaram
- Balram
- Banti
- Basanti
- Beena
- Bhagya
- Bhagyashri
- Bhairavi
- Bhalchandra
- Bharani
- Bharat
- Bharath
- Bharathi — Saraswathi Devi
- Bhargavi
- Bhaskar
- Bhaskara
- Bhavani — Parvathi Devi
- Bhavesh
- Bhavna
- Bhooma
- Bhoomika
- Bhoominathan
- Bhushan
- Bibek
- Billu
- Bikram
- Bikshapathi
- Bimala
- Bina
- Bindu
- Bineeta
- Biran
- Bodhisatva
- Bhola
C edit
- Chaitra
- Chandana
- Chandni
- Chandra — moon
- Chandrakant
- Chandraprabha — Glow of moon
- Chandrashekhar
- Charu
- Chetan
- Chetana
- Chilkoja
- Chirasmita
- Chithra — wonder
- Chitrasen
- Chudamani
D edit
- Damodar
- Deepa
- Deepika — small light
- Deepti — light
- Deepak
- Deven
- Devendra
- Devi
- Dhanalakshmi
- Dhanush
- Dhanya
- Dhara
- Dharani — earth
- Dharma — rightful
- Dharshan
- Dharshini
- Dhwani
- Dikpal
- Dilip
- Dimitri
- Dipa
- Dipti
- Divya
- Draupadi
- Divyajyoti (also referred to as Dibyajyoti)
E edit
- Esha
- Eshwar — Lord
- Ehsaan
- Emaraan
F edit
- Fanishwar
- Fardeen
- Fatima
- Farheen
- Farooq
- Faisal
- faraha
- Fangs
- Feroz
G edit
- Gagana — sky
- Gajalakshmi
- Gajanand
- Ganesh
- Ganesha — Name of God
- Ganga
- Gauri
- Gayathri — Gayathri Devi
- Gayatri
- Geeta (also Gita)
- Geetika (also Gitika)
- Girish
- Godavari
- Gopal
- Gopinath
- Govind
- Greisha
- Grisha
H edit
- Haran
- Harendra
- Harika — loveable by all
- Harmeet
- Harpreet
- Harsha
- Harshan
- Hashmeet
- Hasini — sweet smile
- Hansa
- Hari — name of God
- Hetal
- Himanshu
- Himesh
- Hrishikesh
- Hrithik
- Hushmeet Diwan
I edit
- Ira
- Ish
- Isha
- Ishan
- Ishani
- Ishant
- Ishanika
- Ishvinder
J edit
- Jaagruthi
- Jagadish
- Jai — winner
- Jaikanth
- Jaishankar
- Jasraj
- Jayalalitha
- Jayakumar
- Jayanthi
- Jayashree
- Jayendra
- Jayesh
- Jaykishan
- Jayshree
- Jeet
- Jeevan
- Jekishan
- Juhi
- Jui
- Jumana
- Jyothy (also Jyothi) — light
- Jyoti
K edit
- Kadhir
- Kadhiresan
- Kamal
- Kamakshi
- Kamaraj
- Kanchana — gold
- Kandhan
- Kanthi
- Kanupriya
- Kapil
- Karan
- Karthee
- Karthika
- Karthikeyan
- Karunanidhi
- Kaushik
- Kavel
- Kaveri
- Kavitha
- Kavya
- Keerthi/kirthika — fame
- Keshav
- Keshavan
- Ketan
- Kiran
- Kishan
- Komal
- Komudi
- Krishna
- Krithika
- Kruthika — star
- Kush
- Kunalan Dava Rajoo
- Kumar — son, originally meaning "Prince", (often used as a suffix to a name). The Two syllable word (Ku=meaning "grief"+mar="to kill") actually denotes "killer of grief/sorrow" or otherwise meaning "gladdener/happiness-giver".
L edit
- Lakshmana
- Lakshmi
- Lalit
- Lalitha — Lalitha Devi (Parvathi Devi)
- Latha
- Lav
- Laya — grace
- Leela
- Leena
- Lekha
- Loganathan
- Lokesh
- Laila
M edit
- Madhav
- Madhavan
- Madhu
- Madhuri
- Madhurima
- Madhusoodhan
- Mahadevan
- Mahesh
- Mahendra
- Mahim
- Mahima
- Malathi — garland
- Manas
- Manav
- Mandira
- Mangala
- Mangesh
- Manish
- Manisha
- Manjula
- Manjunath
- Manohar
- Manoj
- Manpreet
- Mansha
- Maya
- Mayank — The Moon
- Mayuri
- Mayuresh
- Meeta
- Megha
- Meghna
- Meha
- Mira
- Mihir
- Mital
- Mitu
- Mohan
- Mohit
- Mouli — The head
- Mridul
- Mrinal
- Mrudula
- Mukul
- Murali
- Muralidharan
- Muralikrishna
- Murugan
- Murugesan
N edit
- Nagaraja
- Nagaveni
- Nagendran
- Nagesh
- Naintara
- Nakul
- Nameer
- Namratha
- Nandini
- Nandita
- Narayan
- Narayana
- Narayanan
- Naren
- Naresh
- Narendra
- Naveed
- Naveen — new
- Neal
- Neel
- Neelam
- Neeli
- Neelima
- Neema
- Neeraj
- Neeraja
- Neha
- Nehal — rainy / handsome / little tree / source of life (in arabic)
- Nihal
- Nihar
- Nihit
- Nikhil
- Nikhil
- Nilay
- Nilesh
- Nina
- Ninad
- Nisarg
- Nisha — Yamini
- Nishant
- Nisheet
- Nitin
- Nitish
- Nivedita
- Nupur
- Nutan
O edit
- Om
- Om Prakash
- Onkar
P edit
- Padma
- Padmanabh
- Palak
- Pallavi — first stanza of song (sets the basic tune)
- Parag
- Paramjit
- Paras
- Parna
- Parthasarathi
- Parvati
- Pompy
- Pooja (also Puja)
- Poornima
- Prabha
- Prachi
- Pradeep
- Prafulla
- Pragati
- Pragya
- Prahlad
- Prajakta
- Prajna
- Prakash
- Pramila
- Pramit
- Pramod
- Pran
- Pranav
- Pranay
- Pranil
- Praneel
- Prapanna
- Prarthna
- Prasad
- Prasanna
- Prashant
- Prathap
- Pratibha
- Pratik
- Pratiksha
- Pratima
- Pratyush
- Praveen
- Preeta
- Preetam
- Preethi — dear one
- Preeti
- Prem
- Prema
- Pritam
- Prithwish
- Priya — dear one Prakash (brightness/sun)
- Priyadarshini
- Priyamvadha
- Priyanka
- Priysabratha
- Protima
- Purnima
- Purnam
- Purvi
- Puganeshwary
- Puga
Q edit
- Qutubpratyush — first light of sun
- Qismat — luck
R edit
- Rahul
- Radhalakshmi
- Radhika
- Raghu
- Raghuram
- Rahul
- Raja — king
- Rajalakshmi
- Rajani
- Rajarajeshwari
- Rajaraman
- Rajasekhar
- Rajat
- Rajesh
- Rajnigandha
- Rajini (also Rajani)
- Raju
- Rajul
- Raka
- Rakesh
- Ram
- Rama
- Raman
- Ramachandra
- Ramakanth
- Ramakrishna
- Raman
- Ramani
- Ramdev
- Ramesh
- Rameshwara
- Ramu
- Rani — queen
- Ranjini
- Ranjit
- Rashmi
- Rasika
- Rathnakar
- Raveena
- Ritesh
- Ravi
- Ravikiran
- Rawan
- Rekha — line
- Renu
- Richa
- Rishab (or Rishabh)
- Rishad
- Rishi
- Rishikant — Muni
- Rishikesh
- Rohan
- Rohini — star (characteristics: beauty, glow, and artistic)
- Rohit
- Romil
- Roshini
- Rucha
- Ruchi
- Rudra
- Rugmani
- Rukmani
S edit
- Sabyasachi
- Sachin
- Sachita
- Sadhana
- Sagnik
- Saket
- Saketh — Rama (as in Saketha Rama)
- Samarchita
- Sameer
- Samir
- Sampada
- Samyukta
- Sandeep/Sandip
- Sanjay
- Sanjeev — one with long life
- Sanjeevini — the medicinal Parvatham (mountain) which saved
- Sankalp
- Santhanalakshmi
- Santhosh — happiness
- Sapan
- Sara
- Sarasvati
- Sarwagya
- Satya
- Satyanarayana
- Saumya
- Saurav
- Sayali
- Seetha
- Shailaja — Goddess Parvati Devi
- Shailendra
- Shalaka
- Shalmali
- Shamira
- Shamsunder
- Shankar
- Shanta
- Shanti
- Sharad
- Sharada
- Sharath
- Sharmeela (or Sharmila)
- Shashank
- Shashi
- Shaunak
- Shauni
- Sheela — Patthar
- Sheetal
- Shefali
- Shekhar
- Sheshi
- Sheshikala
- Shiladitya
- Shilpa
- Shilpi
- Shilu — Sheela
- Shirishgauri
- Shiva
- Shivam
- Shivani
- Shivankush
- Shivranjani
- Shobha
- Shraddha
- Shree
- Shreedhan
- Shreerang
- Shreya
- Shreyas
- Shridhar
- Shrinath
- Shrinivas
- Shruti
- Shubhada
- Shubhashree
- Shuili
- Shunmugha Priya
- Shweta (also Shwetha)
- Shyam
- Shyamala
- Siddharth
- Siddhartha — Vishnumurthy
- Sita
- Sitaram
- Smitha
- Sneha
- Snigdha
- Soheb
- Soma
- Sooraj — sun
- Soumen
- Soumitra
- Soumya
- Sowjanya — tenderness, goodness, and courtesy
- Sravan
- Sridhar
- Srihith — one with good heart
- Srikanth
- Srinath
- Srinivas
- Sripathi
- Sriram
- Subrahmanyam
- Subramani
- Subramanya
- Sucharitha
- Sudha
- Sudhakar — the moon
- Sudhir
- Suhani
- Sujit
- Suman
- Sumathi
- Sumeet
- Sunaina
- Sunayana
- Sunil
- Sunipa
- Suraj
- Surendhar
- Suresh
- Surya — sun
- Sushir
- sushruth
T edit
- Tajinder
- Tanvi
- Tapas
- Tara
- Tarun
- Thamizhselvan
- Thamizhselvi
- Theerth — thirst
- Tina
- Trilokesh
- Trivikram
- Trupti
- Trushar
- Tushar
U edit
- Ujwala
- Ulaganathan
- Uma — Parvathi Devi
- Umesh
- Urmila
- Urvasi
- Urvi
- Usha
- Utkarsha
- Utpala
- Uday
- Udaya
- Udayan
V edit
- Vagish
- Vaibhav
- Vaidehi
- Vaijayanti
- Vaishali
- Vaishnavi
- Vaman
- Vandana
- Vani — Saraswathi Devi
- Vanya
- Varad
- Vardhman
- Varna
- Varsha — Rain
- Varun
- Vasudha
- Vibhu
- Vidhi
- Vidhya
- Vidya
- Vijay
- Vijaya
- Vijesh
- Vikalpa
- Vikas
- Vikram
- Vinatha
- Vinay
- Vinod
- Vinu
- Viraj
- Vishal
- Vishnu
- Vishruth
- Viswanath
- Vivek
- Viveka
W edit
- Wasim
- Waqar
- Waajid
X edit
- Xavierdas (Indian version of Xavier)
Y edit
- Yadwinder
- Yamini — night
- Yamuna
- Yash
- Yashoda
- Yashovardhan
- Yashpal
- Yajur
- Yeshawant
- Yeshoda
Z edit
- Zeba