AAHANAfIndian, Sanskrit, Hindi The name Aahana comes from the Indian word which means, Morning Glory "First rays of the sun." ,"somebody so sweet and to charming like rose and "Someone who cannot be destroyed.." It is also suggested that the name means "Angel." ... [more]
ABINASEEmIndian The name comes from the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and it means to be imperishable or lasting forever.
ABIRmBengali, Indian Refers to abir (or gulal), which is a type of coloured powder used during the Hindu Holi festival. The word itself is ultimately derived from Arabic عَبِير (ʿabīr) meaning "scent, perfume".
ABUZARmTatar, Indian (Muslim), Pakistani, Chechen Derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and Persian زر (zar) "gold" or Arabic ذَرّ (ḏarr) "pounding, grinding, scattering".
ABYmMalayalam Shortened version of ABRAHAM. Became a popular name in Kerala, India after 1980's because of a trend in shortening traditional names.
ADRIKAfIndian, Hinduism Means "small mountain" in Sanskrit. According to the Mahabharata, Adrika is an apsara (a female spirit of clouds and waters) who was the mother of Matsya and Satyavati.
ADVAIDHmIndian (Rare) Derived from Sanskrit अद्वैध (advaidha) meaning "united, unified" (literally "not divided into two parts, not disunited").
ADVAITIfIndian (Rare) Derived from Sanskrit अद्वैती (advaitī) meaning "oneness, single, unique" (literally "one without a second, without duality").
ADWAITmIndian There are two siddhantas (schools of thoughts) dwait and adwait. Dwait specifies duality in the universe whereas adwait specifies unity ie all is one there is no difference.
AJINKYAmMarathi Means Invincible. Also another name of Lord Shri Krishna.
AJITAmIndian A notable bearer was the founder of Indian materialism, in the 6th C. BCE.
AJMALmArabic, Urdu, Indian (Muslim) From Arabic أَجْمَل (ʾajmal) meaning "most beautiful, prettiest", the elative degree of جَمِيل (jamīl) "beautiful, handsome" (see Jamil).
AJNAfIndian, Sanskrit, Hindi Sanskrit- means wisdom. It is the third-eye chakra is the sixth primary chakra according to Hindu tradition.
AKAMmTamil Tamil, meaning "inner life" and "love." Referring to a genre of classical Tamil poetry.
AKASHAfLiterature, Indian Means "ether (quintessence)" in Sanskrit and Hindi. Related to the masculine Akash meaning "open sky". Used by Anne Rice in her Vampire Chronicles for the mother of all vampires, a pre-Egyptian queen.
AKSHAYAf & mIndian, Tamil, Odia Derived from Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya) meaning "eternal, imperishable" (literally "not decaying"). As a Tamil name, it is solely feminine, while it is masculine in Odia usage.
ALAKSHMIfIndian (Rare), Hinduism The name of the older sister of Lakshmi and the Hindu goddess of misfortune. She is sometimes viewed, according to one source, as another avatar of a form of the goddess Kali. It is derived from a, a negative participle, and the name Lakshmi, meaning "one who is not the goddess Lakshmi".
ALAMmArabic, Urdu Alam also spelled Aalam is an Urdu name, originated from Arabic. Not to be confused with Alim, Alam means the universe or the whole world. It is used in Pakistan.
ALAYAfIndian, English Means "dwelling, abode". From the Buddhist term ālaya-vijñāna 'storehouse consciousness' as developed by the Yogācāra school of Indian Buddhism, referring to the place where a person's karma resides, the eighth level of consciousness that provides the base for the previous seven... [more]
ALKAfIndian, Malayalam This is a Indian and Malayalam feminine name meaning "long hair". Bearers of this name is Alka Lamba (1975-) who is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Alka Ajith who is a Indian Malayalam playback singer and is best known for winning season 2 of Airtel Super Singer Junior, a Tamil language music competition reality TV show broadcast on Vijay TV.
AMARTYAmIndian, Bengali (Hindu) Means "immortal, deathless", from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and मृत (mṛtá) "dead". It is etymologically related to Amrit.
AMBIKAfHinduism, Indian Possibly means "dear mother" in Sanskrit. Ambika is a feminine personification of the Hindu goddess Durga and also another name for Parvati.
AMEYAmIndian Ameya is a Sanskrit word/name which literally translates to "the one without any dirt". This can mean either "pure" or "innocent". Another commonly interpreted meaning of this name is, "boundless" or "magnanimous"... [more]
AMIRBAIfIndian An Indian name. A famous bearer of this name is Amirbai Karnataki (1906 - 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as Kannada Kokila.
AMISHmIndian Means "free of deceit" or "truthful".
AMIYAm & fIndian, African American Possibly derived from the Sanskrit word amaya (अमाय) meaning "free from deceit, guileless". May also be a variant of AMAYA.... [more]
AMMAVARUfIndian, Hinduism An ancient goddess of India who existed before the beginning of time. She laid an egg that hatched into the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
ANANDARAJm & fIndian, Tamil The name is a confluence of two basic Sanskrit root words: Ananda = happiness and Rajyaha = Kingdom, thus resulting in: Anandaraj = Kingdom of Happiness
ANASUYAfIndian, Hinduism Means "without envy" from Sanskrit an, a negative prefix, combined with asūyā "envy". In Hindu mythology she was the pious wife of the ancient rishi (sage) Atri.
ANIMESHmIndian, Bengali, Hindi Derived from Sanskrit अनिमिष (animiṣa) meaning "almighty, unblinking, vigilant". This is an epithet of the Hindu gods Shiva (1) and Vishnu.
ANINDITAfIndian, Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian Means "irreproachable, virtuous" from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" combined with निन्दिता (nindita) "blamed, low, defamed".
ANINDYAm & fIndian, Bengali, Indonesian Means "immaculate, faultless" in Bengali, ultimately from Sanskrit. In India, it is a masculine name while in the case of Indonesian usage, it is both a feminine and masculine name.