Felie's Personal Name List
Altan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "red dawn" in Turkish.
Araunya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Derived from Romani aranya "lady".
Arezou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آرزو(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-reh-ZOO
Means "desire" in Persian.
Arslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Turkmen
Turkish variant and Turkmen form of
Aslan.
Arushi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi
Other Scripts: अरुषी, आरुषी, आरुषि(Sanskrit, Hindi)
From Sanskrit
अरुष (arusha) meaning
"reddish, dawn", a word used in the
Rigveda to describe the red horses of
Agni. This name also appears in the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata belonging to a daughter of
Manu and the wife of Chyavana, though in this case it might derive from Sanskrit
आरुषी (arushi) meaning
"hitting, killing".
Ashwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: अश्विन(Hindi, Marathi) அசுவின், அஸ்வின்(Tamil) అశ్విన్(Telugu) ಅಶ್ವಿನ್(Kannada)
From Sanskrit
अश्विन् (ashvin) meaning
"possessed of horses". The Ashvins are twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset.
Atusa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آتوسا(Persian)
Modern Persian form of
Atossa.
Audjah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Audjah is an Indonesian name. Audjah Syarifam Rachmi is a competitor in the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi 2017-18
Aygül
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: ئايگۇل(Uyghur Arabic)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Turkic element
ay meaning "moon" combined with Persian
گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose". In some languages this is also a name for a variety of flowering plant that grows in central Asia (species Fritillaria eduardii).
Ayla 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means
"moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from
ay "moon" and
sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Ayush
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Sanskrit
Other Scripts: आयुष(Hindi, Sanskrit)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means "long life" in Sanskrit.
Azad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Hindi, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish
Other Scripts: آزاد(Persian) आज़ाद(Hindi) আজাদ(Bengali) ئازاد(Kurdish Sorani)
Pronounced: aw-ZAWD(Persian)
Means "free" in Persian. This word has derivatives in several other languages, such as Hindi and Turkish.
Balraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Punjabi
Other Scripts: ਬਲਰਾਜ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
From Sanskrit बल
(bala) meaning "strength, might" and राज
(raja) meaning "king".
Bəxtiyar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Benafsha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afghan
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Berk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.
Beyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"very white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
بيضاء (bayda).
Bülent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From Persian
بلند (boland) meaning
"high, mighty".
Burcu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Means "sweet smelling, fragrant" in Turkish.
Büşra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Cəfər
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of
Jafar.
Cem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: JEHM
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Ceren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Means "gazelle" in Turkish (probably of Mongolian origin, originally referring to the Mongolian gazelle, the zeren).
Charani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Means "phoenix" in Romani.
Chuyia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "mouse, rat" probably a variant of the Hindi word चूहा
chooha (or
chuha) with the same meaning.
Chuyia is the protagonist in Bapsi Sidhwa's 2006 novel 'Water'.
Çingiz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: Чыңгыз(Azerbaijani Cyrillic)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Dana 4
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian, Arabic
Other Scripts: دانا(Persian, Arabic)
Pronounced: DA-na(Arabic)
Means "wise" in Persian.
Dara 2
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ដារា, តារា(Khmer)
Pronounced: dah-RAH
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means
"star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
तारा (tara).
Dara 3
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دارا(Persian)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "wealthy" in Persian.
Delara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دلآرا(Persian)
Means
"adorning the heart", from Persian
دل (del) meaning "heart" and
آرا (ara) meaning "decorate, adorn".
Dev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: देव(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
देव (deva) meaning
"god".
Dharma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Nepali
Other Scripts: धर्म(Hindi, Nepali) ధర్మ(Telugu)
Means "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" in Sanskrit.
Doğa
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "nature" in Turkish.
Döndü
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 0% based on 3 votes
Directly taken from Turkish döndü meaning "returned".
Dzerassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ossetian Mythology, Ossetian
Other Scripts: Дзерассӕ(Ossetian)
Pronounced: dzzyi-RA-sə(Russian)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Possibly means "golden-haired, shining", perhaps related to Persian زر
(zar) meaning "gold". In Ossetian mythology Dzerassa is the daughter of the sea god
Donbettyr.
Ece
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: eh-JEH
Means "queen" or "beautiful woman" in Turkish.
Elçin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Possibly means
"ambassador" in Azerbaijani
[1].
Emre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehm-REH
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.
Eren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"saint, holy person" in Turkish.
Eylül
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "September" in Turkish.
Farid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: فريد(Arabic) فرید(Persian, Urdu) ফরিদ(Bengali)
Pronounced: fa-REED(Arabic)
Means
"unique, precious", derived from Arabic
فرد (farada) meaning "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century Persian poet.
Farrokh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرّخ(Persian)
Means "happy, auspicious" in Persian. This was the birth name of the musician Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), who was born on Zanzibar to Parsi parents.
Farzaneh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرزانه(Persian)
Pronounced: far-zaw-NEH
Means "wise, intelligent" in Persian.
Fereshteh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرشته(Persian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "angel" in Persian.
Fikriye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Gita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali
Other Scripts: गीता(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) গীতা(Bengali)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Means "song" in Sanskrit. The word appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism (meaning "divine song").
Gülçiçek
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ottoman Turkish
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "rose blossom", from Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with Turkish çiçek meaning "flower, blossom".
Güneş
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "sun" in Turkish.
Gurinder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From Sanskrit गुरु
(guru) meaning "teacher, guru" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra.
Güven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: gyuy-VEHN
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "confidence, courage, trust" in Turkish.
Hadis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: حدیث(Persian)
Pronounced: ha-DEES
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from Arabic حَدِيث
(ḥadīṯ) meaning "story, tale" or "hadith", referring to records of the sayings and actions of the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad.
Hakan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.
Hari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: हरि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) ஹரி(Tamil) హరి(Telugu) ಹರಿ(Kannada) ഹരി(Malayalam) हरी(Marathi)
Means
"brown, yellow, tawny" in Sanskrit, and by extension
"monkey, horse, lion". This is another name of the Hindu god
Vishnu, and sometimes of
Krishna. It is also borne by the son of the Garuda, the bird-like mount of Vishnu.
Hashim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: هاشم(Arabic) ہاشم(Urdu)
Pronounced: HA-sheem(Arabic)
Means
"crusher, breaker" in Arabic. This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet
Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.
Hasnat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Urdu
Other Scripts: حسنات(Urdu) হাসনাত(Bengali)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Derived from Arabic حَسَنَات
(ḥasanāt) meaning "good deeds, benefactions", though it could also be from حَسَن
(ḥasan) "beautiful, handsome, good" (see
Hasan).
Homa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: هما(Persian)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
The name of a griffin- or phoenix-like bird in Iranian mythology and Sufi tradition.
Iraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: ایرج(Persian)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From the Middle Persian
Ērič, derived from
ēr meaning "an Iranian" or "noble". In Persian traditional history he was the youngest son of
Fereydoun and the eponymous hero of the Iranians. Ultimately this name is cognate to
Arya 1.
Jamal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, African American
Other Scripts: جمال(Arabic)
Pronounced: ja-MAL(Arabic) jə-MAHL(English)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means
"beauty" in Arabic, from the root
جمل (jamala) meaning "to be beautiful".
Javad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: جواد(Persian)
Javed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: جاود(Persian) جاوید(Urdu)
Means "eternal" in Persian.
Jaya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: जया, जय(Sanskrit) ஜெயா, ஜெய(Tamil) జయ(Telugu) जया(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
जय (jaya) meaning
"victory". This is a transcription of both the feminine form
जया (an epithet of the Hindu goddess
Durga) and the masculine form
जय (borne by several characters in Hindu texts). As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.
Jesminder
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: jes-meen-dur
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
It's origin of Indian. A famous bearer is fictional character Jesminder Bhamra.
Jyotsana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: ज्योत्सना(Hindi)
Kalyani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: कल्याणी(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi) కల్యాణి(Telugu) கல்யாணி(Tamil) കല്യാണി(Malayalam) ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಿ(Kannada) কল্যাণী(Bengali)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means
"beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata this is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess
Parvati.
Kamala
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: कमला, कमल(Sanskrit) கமலா(Tamil) ಕಮಲಾ(Kannada) కమలా(Telugu) कमला(Hindi, Nepali)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means
"lotus" or
"pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form
कमला and the masculine form
कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. This is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades, in the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess
Lakshmi.
Kavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: कवि(Hindi)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From a title for a poet, meaning "wise man, sage, poet" in Sanskrit.
Kaya 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ka-YA
Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.
Kelebek
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish (Rare)
Means "butterfly" in Turkish.
Khurshid
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian, Urdu, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: خورشید(Persian) خورشید(Urdu)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Modern Persian form of Avestan
𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (Huuarə Xshaēta) meaning
"shining sun". In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a Yazata (a holy being) who was associated with the sun.
Lala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Directly taken from Romani lala "ruby; red; fiery".
Occasionally found in the 1800s.
Lale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "tulip" in Turkish, of Persian origin.
Lalita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Thai
Other Scripts: ललिता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) ลลิตา(Thai)
Pronounced: la-lee-TA(Thai)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Means
"playful, charming, desirable" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is the name of one of the playmates of the young
Krishna. It is also another name of the goddess
Parvati.
Lalla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Derived from Persian
لاله (laleh) meaning
"tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem
Lalla Rookh (1817). In the poem, Lalla, the daughter of the emperor of Delhi, listens to a poet sing four tales.
Latika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: lah tee kaa
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Lila 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: लीला(Hindi) లీలా(Telugu) ಲೀಲಾ(Kannada) லீலா(Tamil) ലീലാ(Malayalam)
Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.
Manoj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada
Other Scripts: मनोज(Hindi, Marathi) মনোজ(Bengali) ਮਨੋਜ(Gurmukhi) મનોજ(Gujarati) ମନୋଜ(Odia) మనోజ్(Telugu) மனோஜ்(Tamil) മനോജ്(Malayalam) ಮನೋಜ್(Kannada)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Maya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Buddhism, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: माया(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: MAH-yah(Sanskrit)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means
"illusion, magic" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the
Buddha). This is also another name of the Hindu goddess
Durga.
Mehriban
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Pronounced: mehh-ree-BAHN
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means
"kind, gracious" in Azerbaijani, from Persian
مهربان (mehraban).
Mehrnaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: مهرناز(Persian)
From Persian
مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship" and
ناز (naz) meaning "delight, comfort". This is the name of a character in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh.
Meltem
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "sea wind" in Turkish.
Meral
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Metin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "strong" in Turkish.
Mira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: मीरा(Hindi, Marathi) മീര(Malayalam) மீரா(Tamil) ಮೀರಾ(Kannada)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means
"sea, ocean" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god
Krishna.
Mohinder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਮੋਹਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Mukta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: मुक्ता(Hindi, Marathi)
Means "liberated, set free" in Sanskrit.
Mumtaz
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: ممتاز(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: moom-TAZ(Arabic)
Means "distinguished" in Arabic. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631).
Murat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian
Pronounced: moo-RAT(Turkish)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Turkish and Bosnian form of
Murad.
Narayan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Odia, Bengali
Other Scripts: नारायण(Hindi, Nepali, Marathi) ନାରାୟଣ(Odia) নারায়ণা(Bengali)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Modern northern Indian form of
Narayana.
Nasim
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نسيم(Arabic) نسیم(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-SEEM(Arabic)
Means "breeze" in Arabic.
Nasrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Bengali
Other Scripts: نسرین(Persian) নাসরীন(Bengali)
Pronounced: nas-REEN(Persian)
Means "wild rose" in Persian.
Naveen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: नवीन(Hindi, Marathi) ನವೀನ್(Kannada) నవీన్(Telugu) நவீன்(Tamil) നവീൻ(Malayalam)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Navin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: नवीन(Hindi, Marathi) ನವೀನ್(Kannada) నవీన్(Telugu) நவீன்(Tamil) നവീൻ(Malayalam)
Means "new" in Sanskrit.
Nedime
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Crimean Tatar
Nermin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Turkish, Arabic (Egyptian)
Other Scripts: نرمين(Arabic)
From Persian
نرم (narm) meaning
"soft, gentle". It is typically masculine in Bosnian, and feminine in Turkish and Arabic.
Nigora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek, Tajik
Other Scripts: Нигора(Uzbek, Tajik)
Uzbek and Tajik form of
Negar.
Niraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
Other Scripts: नीरज(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) નીરજ(Gujarati)
Means "water-born, lotus" in Sanskrit.
Nishant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: निशान्त, निशांत(Hindi) निशांत(Marathi) નિશાંત(Gujarati)
Means "night's end, dawn" in Sanskrit.
Nuray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Нұрай(Kazakh)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means
"bright moon" in Turkish, Azerbaijani and Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic
نور (nur) meaning "light" and Turkic
ay meaning "moon".
Otar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ოთარ(Georgian)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Derived from Turkic otar meaning "pasture, meadow".
Padma
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: पद्म, पद्मा(Sanskrit, Hindi) பத்மா(Tamil) ಪದ್ಮಾ(Kannada) పద్మా(Telugu)
Pronounced: pəd-MA(Hindi)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Means
"lotus" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form
पद्मा and the masculine form
पद्म.
According to Hindu tradition a lotus holding the god Brahma arose from the navel of the god Vishnu. The name Padma is used in Hindu texts to refer to several characters, including the goddess Lakshmi and the hero Rama.
Parastu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پرستو(Persian)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Pari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پری(Persian)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "fairy" in Persian.
Parisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پریسا(Persian)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means
"like a fairy" in Persian, derived from
پری (pari) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".
Parminder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਪਰਮਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From Sanskrit
परम (parama) meaning "highest, best" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra.
Parvin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu, Hindi
Other Scripts: پروین(Persian, Urdu) परवीन(Hindi)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of stars in the constellation Taurus. This name is typically feminine in Iran, but unisex in India.
Preet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Other Scripts: ਪ੍ਰੀਤ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Probably a variant of
Priti or a short form of names ending in
-preet such as
Manpreet or those beginning with
preet- such as
Preetinder.
Prema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Nepali, Hindi
Other Scripts: பிரேமா(Tamil) ಪ್ರೇಮಾ(Kannada) प्रेमा(Marathi, Nepali, Hindi)
Priti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: प्रीति, प्रीती(Hindi) प्रीती(Marathi) પ્રીતિ(Gujarati)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "pleasure, joy, love" in Sanskrit.
Priya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali
Other Scripts: प्रिया(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) பிரியா(Tamil) ప్రియ(Telugu) പ്രിയാ(Malayalam) ಪ್ರಿಯಾ(Kannada) প্রিয়া(Bengali)
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Means "beloved" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this is the name of a daughter of King Daksha.
Priyanka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali
Other Scripts: प्रियंका, प्रियङ्का(Hindi) प्रियांका(Marathi) ప్రియాంక(Telugu) பிரியங்கா(Tamil) പ്രിയങ്ക(Malayalam) ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ(Kannada) প্রিয়াঙ্কা(Bengali)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From Sanskrit
प्रियंकर (priyankara) meaning
"agreeable, amiable".
Purnima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: पूर्णिमा(Hindi, Marathi) পূর্ণিমা(Bengali) பூர்ணிமா(Tamil) ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ(Kannada)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.
Rafiq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Urdu
Other Scripts: رفيق(Arabic) رفیق(Urdu)
Pronounced: ra-FEEK(Arabic)
Means either "friend" or "gentle" in Arabic.
Raika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
German borrowing of
Rajka as well as a German variant of
Reika.
Raja 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رجاء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ra-JA
Means "hope" in Arabic.
Rajani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: रजनी(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali) రజని(Telugu) ರಜನಿ(Kannada)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Means
"the dark one" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess
Kali or
Durga.
Rajesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: राजेश(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) রাজেশ(Bengali) રાજેશ(Gujarati) ਰਾਜੇਸ਼(Gurmukhi) ராஜேஷ்(Tamil) రాజేష్(Telugu) ರಾಜೇಶ್(Kannada) രാജേഷ്(Malayalam)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Means
"ruler of kings" from Sanskrit
राज (raja) meaning "king" and
ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".
Ratna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Nepali, Indonesian
Other Scripts: रत्न, रत्ना(Hindi, Nepali) రత్న(Telugu)
Pronounced: RAT-na(Indonesian)
Derived from Sanskrit
रत्न (ratna) meaning
"jewel, treasure". This is a transcription of both the feminine form
रत्ना and the masculine form
रत्न.
Ravi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: रवि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) রবি(Bengali) ରବି(Odia) રવિ(Gujarati) రవి(Telugu) ரவி(Tamil) ರವಿ(Kannada)
Pronounced: RAH-vee(English) rə-VEE(Hindi) RAW-bee(Bengali)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means
"sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with
Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).
Răzvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name
Radovan. Alternatively it may have been brought to Romania by the Romani people (note that Romanian and Romani are unrelated), perhaps ultimately from
Rizwan.
Rinjin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nepali
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Rohan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada
Other Scripts: रोहन(Hindi, Marathi) রোহন(Bengali) ರೋಹನ್(Kannada)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
रोहण (rohana) meaning
"ascending".
Saanvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Believed to be another name for the Hindu goddess
Lakshmi, though its ultimate meaning and origin are uncertain. It may be from Sanskrit सा
(sa) referring to Lakshmi combined with अन्वि
(anvi) meaning "follow, pursue, go after" or from सानु
(sanu) meaning "peak, summit, ridge".
Safina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Malaysian
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
Sampat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: संपत(Hindi, Marathi) సంపత్(Telugu) ಸಂಪತ್(Kannada)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From Sanskrit सम्पद् (sampad) meaning "success, wealth, prosperity".
Şan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish (Rare)
Means "fame, reputation" in Turkish.
Sanaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ساناز(Persian)
Possibly means "full of grace" in Persian.
Sanjana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: संजना(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "uniting, joining" in Sanskrit.
Sanjiv
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: संजीव(Hindi, Marathi) સંજીવ(Gujarati) ਸੰਜੀਵ(Gurmukhi) సంజీవ్(Telugu) ಸಂಜೀವ್(Kannada)
Derived from Sanskrit
संजीव (sanjiva) meaning
"living, reviving".
Santosh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Assamese
Other Scripts: संतोष(Hindi, Marathi) ସନ୍ତୋଷ(Odia) সন্তোষ(Bengali, Assamese) ਸੰਤੋਸ਼(Gurmukhi) సంతోష్(Telugu)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From Sanskrit संतोष (santosha) meaning "satisfaction, contentment".
Sarala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: சரளா(Tamil) సరళ(Telugu) ಸರಳಾ(Kannada)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Saraswati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सरस्वती(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: sə-RUS-və-tee(Hindi)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means
"possessing water" from Sanskrit
सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and
वती (vati) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of
Brahma.
Sardar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu, Pashto
Other Scripts: سردار(Persian, Urdu, Pashto)
From a title meaning
"chief, leader", derived from Persian
سر (sar) meaning "head, authority" and the suffix
دار (dar) meaning "possessor".
Saroo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Form of
Sheru.
A notable bearer of this name is Saroo Brierley, the author of 'A Long Way Home', whose birth name is Sheru.
Serkan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Means "leader, chief" from Turkish ser "head, top" and kan "blood".
Sevda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means
"love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic
سوداء (sawda) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".
Shabnam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: شبنم(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: shab-NAM(Persian)
Means "dew" in Persian and Urdu.
Shahrokh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شاهرخ(Persian)
Means
"royal face" in Persian, from
شاه (shah) meaning "king" and
رخ (rokh) meaning "face". This was the name of a 15th-century ruler of the Timurid Empire (a son of
Timur).
Shakuntala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: शकुन्तला(Sanskrit) शकुंतला(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
शकुन्त (shakunta) meaning
"bird". This is the name of a character in Hindu legend, her story adapted by Kalidasa for the 5th-century play
Abhijnanashakuntalam. 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 the king sees the signet ring he gave her.
Shanti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: शान्ती, शांती(Hindi) शांती(Marathi) शान्ती(Nepali)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Means "quiet, peace, tranquility" in Sanskrit.
Shekiba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afghan
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
This name means "gift". Shekiba is the main character of the book "the pearl that broke its shell" by Nadia Hashimi.
Sher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu, Pashto
Other Scripts: شیر(Urdu) شیر(Pashto)
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.
Sheru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: शेर(Hindi)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Derived from Hindi शेर
(śer) meaning "lion", ultimately of Persian origin (see
Sher). A notable bearer of this name is Saroo Brierley (1981-), an Indian-Australian businessman and author whose birth name was
Sheru.
Shirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شیرین(Persian)
Pronounced: shee-REEN
Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.
Shohreh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شهره(Persian)
Means "famous" in Persian.
Sibel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: SEE-behl
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a form of of the name
Cybele or derived from Arabic سبيل
(sabil) meaning "water fountain".
Siddhartha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sanskrit, Buddhism, Bengali
Other Scripts: सिद्धार्थ(Sanskrit) সিদ্ধার্থ(Bengali)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Means
"one who has accomplished a goal", derived from Sanskrit
सिद्ध (siddha) meaning "accomplished" and
अर्थ (artha) meaning "goal". Siddhartha Gautama was the real name of the
Buddha.
Sita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: सीता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: SEE-tah(Sanskrit)
Means
"furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the
Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of
Rama (and an avatar of
Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the
Ramayana. In this story Sita is rescued by her husband from the demon king Ravana.
Sitara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: ستارہ(Urdu)
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.
Sonal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: सोनल(Hindi, Marathi) સોનલ(Gujarati)
From Hindi
सोना (sona), Marathi
सोन (son) or Gujarati
સોનું (sonum) meaning
"gold", all derived from Sanskrit
सुवर्ण (suvarna) meaning literally "good colour".
Sonay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Used in Turkey. This is the name of "last moony nights of summer" in Azerbaijan folklore. In 2015 film Mustang Sonay is the oldest of five sisters main characters of the movie.
Suraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Other Scripts: सूरज(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) સૂરજ(Gujarati) সূরজ(Bengali)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means
"sun" in several northern Indian languages, derived from Sanskrit
सूर्य (surya).
Surinder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਸੁਰਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Swami
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian (Modern)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Derived from Hindi स्वामी (svāmī) meaning "master, lord, owner," from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin), used as an honorific title for yogis initiated into the religious monastic order in Hinduism.
This name was introduced, or popularised at least, in Italy by television presenter, model and actress Elenoire Casalegno (1976-) who gave this name to her daughter in November of 1999.
Swarna
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Telugu, Hindi
Other Scripts: స్వర్ణ(Telugu) स्वर्ण, स्वर्णा(Hindi)
Means
"good colour" or
"golden", a contraction of the Sanskrit prefix
सु (su) meaning "good" and
वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour". This is a transcription of both the masculine form
स्वर्ण and the feminine form
स्वर्णा (spelled with a long final vowel).
Təranə
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Means "music, song" in Azerbaijani.
Tarun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Punjabi
Other Scripts: তরুণ(Bengali) তৰুণ(Assamese) ତରୁଣ(Odia) तरुण(Hindi) ਤਰੁਣ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
तरुण (taruna) meaning
"young, fresh".
Timbo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Maybe a Romani version of the French name
Etienne.
Timbo Mehrstein is a contemporary Gypsy Jazz violinist.
Timur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, History
Other Scripts: Тимур(Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian) Төмөр(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: tyi-MOOR(Russian) ti-MUWR(English)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From the Turkic and Mongol name
Temür meaning
"iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as
Tamerlane (from Persian
تیمور لنگ (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.
Toprak
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: top-RAHK
Means "earth (soil), dry soil, land, country" in Turkish.
Tuğçe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: TOO-cheh
Derived from Turkish
tuğ meaning
"banner, crest", referring to a type of banner made of horse hairs used in the Ottoman Empire, ultimately from Chinese
纛 (dào).
Tural
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.
Ulvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic
عُلْوِيّ ('ulwiy).
Utku
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "victory" in Turkish.
Vüsal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Means "meeting, joining" in Azerbaijani.
Yağmur
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Pronounced: ya-MOOR(Turkish)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Yılmaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: yul-MAZ
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means "dauntless, intrepid" in Turkish.
Zalmai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pashto
Other Scripts: زلمی(Pashto)
Pronounced: zal-MAY
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "young" in Pashto.
Zaran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Muslim
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "golden" in Persian.
Zarathustra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: zar-ə-THOOS-trə(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Avestan
𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (Zarathushtra), in which the second element is
𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (ushtra) meaning "camel". Proposed meanings for the first element include "old", "moving", "angry" and "yellow". Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC. He is also called
Zoroaster in English, from the Greek form of his name
Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).
Zarrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Muslim
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Zuleika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: zoo-LAY-kə(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Arabic origin. According to medieval tradition, notably related by the 15th-century Persian poet Jami, this was the name of the biblical Potiphar's wife. She has been a frequent subject of poems and tales.
Zümra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
From Turkish
zümrüt meaning
"emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek
σμάραγδος (smaragdos).
Zainab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: زينب(Arabic) زینب(Urdu)
Pronounced: ZIE-nab(Arabic)
Personal remark: Old-fave زينب
Alternate transcription of Arabic
زينب (see
Zaynab), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.
Ajay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: अजय(Hindi, Marathi) અજય(Gujarati) অজয়(Bengali) అజయ్(Telugu) ಅಜಯ್(Kannada) അജയ്(Malayalam) அஜய்(Tamil)
Personal remark: Old-fave अजय
Means
"unconquered", from Sanskrit
अ (a) meaning "not" and
जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
Nana 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნანა(Georgian)
Personal remark: ნანა
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 4th-century queen consort of Georgia who is regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church.
Niko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian, German
Other Scripts: ნიკო(Georgian)
Pronounced: NEE-ko(Finnish)
Personal remark: ნიკო
Finnish form of
Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.
Revaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: რევაზ(Georgian)
Pronounced: REH-VAZ
Personal remark: რევაზ
Possibly of Persian origin meaning "wealthy, successful".
Revazi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: რევაზი(Georgian)
Pronounced: REH-VA-ZEE
Personal remark: რევაზი
Form of
Revaz with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.
Tsisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ცისია(Georgian)
Personal remark: ცისია
Derived from Georgian
ცის (tsis) meaning
"of the sky", the genitive case of
ცა (tsa) meaning "sky, heaven".
Khatuna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ხათუნა(Georgian)
Personal remark: ხათუნა
From the Turkic title khatun meaning "lady, woman", a feminine form of khan.
Almast
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ալմաստ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ahl-MAHST
Personal remark: Ալմաստ
Means
"diamond" in Armenian, ultimately from Persian
الماس (almas).
Arevik
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Արեւիկ(Armenian)
Personal remark: Արեւիկ
Means "like the sun" in Armenian.
Gurgen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Գուրգեն(Armenian) გურგენ(Georgian)
Pronounced: goor-GEHN(Armenian)
Personal remark: Գուրգեն
Derived from Middle Persian
𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gurg) meaning
"wolf" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several Georgian kings and princes.
Hagop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Հակոբ, Յակոբ(Armenian)
Personal remark: Հակոբ
Western Armenian transcription of
Hakob.
Harutyun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Հարություն(Armenian)
Pronounced: hah-roo-TYOON
Personal remark: Հարություն
Means "resurrection" in Armenian.
Maral
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen
Other Scripts: Марал(Mongolian Cyrillic) Մարալ(Armenian)
Personal remark: Մարալ
Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.
Vahan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Վահան(Armenian)
Pronounced: vah-HAHN
Personal remark: Վահան
Means "shield" in Armenian.
Vardan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Վարդան(Armenian)
Pronounced: vahr-TAHN
Personal remark: Վարդան
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Derived from Armenian
վարդ (vard) meaning
"rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.
Asfand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: اسفند(Persian)
Personal remark: اسفند
Contracted form of Middle Persian اسفندارمذ (spandarmad) meaning “holy thought” that was originally the name of the fourth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Esfand is the twelfth month of the solar Persian calendar as well as a name for the wild rue, used in fumigation against evil eye.
Paniz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پانیذ(Persian)
Personal remark: پانیذ
Possibly means "sugar" in Persian.
Abbas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Urdu
Other Scripts: عبّاس(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘ab-BAS(Arabic)
Personal remark: عبّاس
Means
"austere" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet
Muhammad's uncle. It was also borne by a son of
Ali, the fourth caliph.
Golbahar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: گلبهار(Persian)
Personal remark: گلبهار
Means
"spring flower", from Persian
گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and
بهار (bahar) meaning "spring".
Gohar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Armenian, Urdu
Other Scripts: گوهر(Persian) Գոհար(Armenian) گوہر(Urdu)
Pronounced: go-HAR(Persian) gaw-HAHR(Armenian)
Personal remark: گوهر
From Persian
گوهر (gohar) meaning
"jewel, gemstone". This name is typically feminine in Iran and Armenia, but masculine in Pakistan.
Mehrab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: مهراب(Persian)
Personal remark: مهراب
From Persian
مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship" and
آب (ab) meaning "water". This is the name of the king of Kabul in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh.
Mihrimah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Urdu
Personal remark: مهرماه
Means "sun and moon" in Farsi from the word مهر (
mehr) meaning "sun" and ماه (
mah) meaning "moon".
A famous bearer is the daughter of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan Suleiman I The Magnificent.
Both names Mehr and Mah are also tied with Ancient Persian deities.
Yasmin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, English (Modern), Spanish (Modern), Portuguese (Modern)
Other Scripts: ياسمين(Arabic) יַסְמִין(Hebrew) یاسمین(Urdu)
Pronounced: yas-MEEN(Arabic) YAZ-min(English)
Personal remark: ياسمين
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Means
"jasmine" in Arabic and Hebrew, derived from Persian
یاسمین (yasamin). In modern times it has been used in the western world, as an Arabic-influenced variant of
Jasmine.
Ajit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Other Scripts: अजीत(Hindi) अजित(Marathi) ਅਜੀਤ(Gurmukhi) অজিত(Bengali)
Personal remark: अजीत
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Amala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: அமலா(Tamil) അമല(Malayalam)
Personal remark: अमल
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
अमल (amala) meaning
"clean, pure".
Anand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali
Other Scripts: आनंद, आनन्द(Hindi) आनंद(Marathi) ஆனந்த்(Tamil) ఆనంద్(Telugu) ആനന്ദ്(Malayalam) ಆನಂದ್(Kannada) આનંદ(Gujarati) আনন্দ(Bengali)
Personal remark: आनंद
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Aarti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: आरती(Hindi, Marathi)
Personal remark: आरती
From the name of a Hindu ritual in which offerings of lamps or candles are made to various gods, derived from Sanskrit
आरात्रिक (aratrika).
Aishwarya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: ऐश्वर्या(Hindi, Marathi) ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ(Kannada) ഐശ്വര്യ(Malayalam) ஐசுவரியா(Tamil)
Personal remark: ऐश्वर्या
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Means "prosperity, wealth" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer is the Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1973-).
Daya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: दया(Hindi, Nepali)
Personal remark: दया
Derived from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion, mercy".
Yuvraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi
Other Scripts: युवराज(Marathi, Hindi) ਯੁਵਰਾਜ(Gurmukhi)
Personal remark: युवराज
Derived from Sanskrit युवराज
(yuvaraja) meaning "heir apparent, crown prince" (literally "young king"), from युवन्
(yuvan) meaning "young" and राज
(raja) meaning "king".
Padmini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Other Scripts: ಪದ್ಮಿನಿ(Kannada) பத்மினி(Tamil) పద్మిని(Telugu)
Personal remark: பத்மினி
Means
"multitude of lotuses", a derivative of Sanskrit
पद्म (padma) meaning "lotus".
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