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Abhay अभय m Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless".

Abhijeet अभिजीत, अभिजित m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अभिजीत or अभिजित or Bengali অভিজিৎ (see Abhijit).

Abhijit अभिजीत, अभिजित m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
From Sanskrit अभिजित (abhijita) meaning "victorious". This is the Sanskrit name for the star Vega.

Abhilash अभिलाष m Malayalam, Hindi
From Sanskrit अभिलष (abhilaṣa) meaning "desire, wish".

Abhinav अभिनव m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu
From Sanskrit अभिनव (abhinava) meaning "young, fresh".

Abhishek अभिषेक m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
From Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka) meaning "anointing".

Aditya आदित्य m Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali, Indonesian
Means "belonging to Aditi" in Sanskrit. This is a name for the seven (or more) Hindu gods who are the children of Aditi. It is also another name for the sun god Surya.

Agni 1 अग्नि m Hinduism, Hindi
Means "fire" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Vedic Hindu fire god, typically depicted as red-skinned with three legs, seven arms, and two faces, and riding on the back of a ram.

Ajay अजय m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".

Ajeet अजीत m Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Hindi अजीत, Marathi अजित, Gurmukhi ਅਜੀਤ or Bengali অজিত (see Ajit).

Ajit अजीत m Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Modern form of Ajita.

Akash आकाश m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa) meaning "open space, sky".

Akhil अखिल m Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
From Sanskrit अखिल (akhila) meaning "whole, complete".

Akshay अक्षय m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
From Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya) meaning "undecaying, imperishable".

Amar 1 अमर m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal".

Amit 1 अमित m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
From Sanskrit अमित (amita) meaning "immeasurable, infinite".

Amitabh अमिताभ m Hindi
From Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha) meaning "immeasurable splendour". A famous bearer is Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan (1942-).

Amrit अमृत m Hindi
Means "immortal" from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and मृत (mṛta) meaning "dead". In Hindu texts it refers to a drink that gives immortality.

Anand आनंद, आनन्द m Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati
Modern form of Ananda.

Anant अनन्त, अनंत m Hindi, Marathi
Northern Indian form of Ananta.

Anik अनीक m Hindi, Bengali
From Sanskrit अनीक (anīka) meaning "army" or "splendour".

Aniket अनिकेत m Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अनिकेत (aniketa) meaning "homeless".

Anil अनिल m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अनिल (anila) meaning "air, wind".

Aniruddha अनिरुद्ध m Hinduism, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi
Means "unobstructed, ungovernable" in Sanskrit. According to the Puranas this was the name of a grandson of the Hindu deity Krishna and his wife Rukmini. He is sometimes considered to be an avatar of Vishnu.

Anish अनीश m Hindi, Marathi
Means "supreme, paramount, without a ruler", from the Sanskrit negative prefix अ (a) and ईश (īśa) meaning "ruler, lord".

Anit अनीत m Hindi
Possibly from Sanskrit अनीत (anīta) meaning "not guided".

Anjan अंजन m Hindi, Nepali, Bengali, Assamese
Modern masculine form of Anjana.

Ankit अंकित, अङ्कित m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
From Sanskrit अङ्कित (aṅkita) meaning "marked".

Ankur अङ्कुर, अंकुर m Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अङ्कुर (aṅkura) meaning "sapling, sprout, shoot".

Anoop अनूप m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अनूप, Bengali অনুপ or Malayalam അനൂപ് (see Anup).

Anuj अनुज m Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अनुज (anuja) meaning "born later, younger". This name is sometimes given to the younger sibling of an older child.

Anup अनूप m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
From Sanskrit अनूप (anūpa) meaning "watery, place near the water, lagoon".

Anupam अनुपम m Hindi, Bengali
From Sanskrit अनुपम (anupama) meaning "incomparable, matchless".

Apoorva अपूर्व, अपूर्वा m & f Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अपूर्व or अपूर्वा (see Apurva).

Apurva अपूर्व, अपूर्वा m & f Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अपूर्व (apūrva) meaning "unpreceded, new". This is a transcription of both the masculine form अपूर्व and the feminine form अपूर्वा.

Aravind अरविन्द, अरविंद m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
From Sanskrit अरविन्द (aravinda) meaning "lotus".

Arjun अर्जुन m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Modern form of Arjuna.

Arun अरुण m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Thai
Modern masculine form of Aruna.

Arya 1 आर्य, आर्या m & f Persian, Hindi, Malayalam
From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

Aryan आर्यन m Hindi
Variant of Arya 1.

Aseem असीम m Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi असीम (see Asim 2).

Ashish आशीष m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
From Sanskrit आशिष (āśiṣa) meaning "prayer, blessing".

Ashok अशोक m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Modern form of Ashoka.

Ashwin अश्विन m Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
From Sanskrit अश्विन् (aśvin) meaning "possessed of horses". The Ashvins are twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset.

Asim 2 असीम m Hindi, Bengali
From Sanskrit असीमन् (asīman) meaning "boundless, limitless".

Avinash अविनाश m Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
From Sanskrit अविनाश (avināśa) meaning "indestructible".

Ayaan 1 अयान m Hindi
From Sanskrit अयान (ayāna) meaning "not moving, natural disposition" or अयन (ayana) meaning "path, progress".

Azad आज़ाद m Persian, Hindi, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish
Means "free" in Persian. This word has derivatives in several other languages, such as Hindi and Turkish.

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