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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.

Baldev बलदेव m Hindi
Modern Hindi transcription of Baladeva.

Basant बसन्त m Hindi
Modern form of Vasanta.

Bharat भरत m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
Modern form of Bharata.

Bishan बिशन m Hindi
Variant of Vishnu.

Deepak दीपक m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi/Nepali दीपक, Bengali দীপক, Gujarati દીપક, Gurmukhi ਦੀਪਕ, Malayalam ദീപക്, Kannada ದೀಪಕ್, Tamil தீபக் or Telugu దీపక్ (see Dipak).

Devraj देवराज m Hindi
Modern form of Devaraja.

Dileep दिलीप m Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi दिलीप, Malayalam ദിലീപ്, Kannada ದಿಲೀಪ್, Tamil திலீப் or Telugu దిలీప్ (see Dilip).

Dinesh दिनेश m Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Sinhalese
Modern form of Dinesha.

Ganesh गणेश m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Modern form of Ganesha.

Gautam गौतम m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Modern form of Gautama.

Girish गिरीश m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Modern form of Girisha.

Gobind गोविन्द m Indian (Sikh), Hindi
Variant of Govinda used in northern India. This was the name of the last Sikh guru, Gobind Singh (1666-1708).

Govind गोविन्द m Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada
Modern form of Govinda.

Harish हरीश m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
From the name Hari (an epithet of Vishnu) combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord".

Jayant जयन्त, जयंत m Hindi, Marathi
Modern form of Jayanta.

Kishan किशन m Hindi, Gujarati
Possibly a variant of Krishna.

Laxman लक्ष्मण m Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Marathi/Hindi लक्ष्मण or Telugu లక్ష్మణ్ (see Lakshman).

Madhav माधव m Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Nepali
Modern form of Madhava.

Mahesh महेश m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Modern form of Mahesha.

Mukesh मुकेश m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Modern form of Mukesha.

Murali मुरली m Hinduism, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi
Means "flute" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Krishna, given to him because he played the flute.

Pankaj पंकज m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali
Modern form of Pankaja.

Pramod प्रमोद m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Modern form of Pramoda.

Rajani रजनी f & m Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali
Means "dark, night" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

Ramdas रामदास m Marathi, Hindi
Means "servant of Rama" from the name of the Hindu deity Rama 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant". This name was borne by a 17th-century Hindu holy man from Maharashtra.

Ramesh रमेश m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Nepali
Modern transcription of Ramesha.

Sanjay संजय m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Modern form of Sanjaya.

Satish सतीश m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu
Modern form of Satisha.

Shakti शक्ति f & m Hinduism, Hindi
Means "power" in Sanskrit. In Hinduism a shakti is the female counterpart of a god. The name Shakti is used in particular to refer to the female counterpart of Shiva, also known as Parvati among many other names.

Sundar सुन्दर m Tamil, Hindi
Modern form of Sundara.

Sunder सुन्दर m Hindi, Tamil
Alternate transcription of Hindi सुन्दर or Tamil சுந்தர் (see Sundar).

Suresh सुरेश m Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Modern form of Suresha.

Sushil सुशील m Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Modern masculine form of Sushila.

Vikram विक्रम m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Modern form of Vikrama.

Vishnu विष्णु m Hinduism, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
Probably means "all-pervasive" in Sanskrit, from विष् (viṣ) meaning "to prevade, to spread through". The Hindu god Vishnu is the protector and preserver of the universe, usually depicted as four-armed and blue-skinned. His wife is Lakshmi. Though he appears in the Rigveda, he features more prominently in post-Vedic texts. The great heroes Krishna, Rama, Narasimha and others are regarded as avatars of Vishnu.... [more]

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