Inspirational Help for Nama Karana.

Boy's names:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H- I - J - K - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Girl's names:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H- I - J - K - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

An alternative source for good Sanskrit/Hindi words is HINDI WORD DICTIONARY (it is a compreshensive hindi (to hindi) words compilation), Published by Rajpal and sons, N Delhi (First edition 1992). Another is the Book of Hindu Names by Menaka Gandhi (Penguinn 1992.) Both are absolutely a comprehensive source of Sanskrit and Hindi words which may give you more ideas about names than any thing in the list here.



Boy's names
A

Abhay           ....  a son of Dharma
Abhijit         ....  a constellation dear to Hari
Achyuta         ....  a name of Vishnu
Aditya          ....  lord of the sun
Ajatashatru      ....  a name of Vishnu
Ajay            ....  unconquerable
Ajit            ....
Akaash          ....  sky
Alok            ....
Amal            ....  bright, clean, pure
Amar            ....  forever
Amit            ....  endless
Amitabh         ....
Amitava         ....
Amol            ....
Amrit           ....  nectar
Amulya          ....  priceless
Anand           ....  bliss
Anant           ....
Anay            ....
Angada          ....  a son of Lakshmana
Anil            ....
Anirudhh         ....
Ankur           ....
Anniruddha      ....  son of Pradyummna
Anoop           ....  incomparable, the best
Anshul          ....
Anshuman        ....
Arjun           ....  one of the Pandavas
Arun            ....
Arvind          ....
Ashok           ....
Ashutosh        ....
Ashwin          ....
Ashwini         ....
Asija           ....  a great sage, brother of Brihaspati
Aseem            ....
Asuman          ....  lord of vital breaths
Asvathama       ....  sun of drona
Asvin           ....  (Nasatya and Dasra) gods of medicine
Ashwani
Atharvan        ....  knower of the Arthara vedas
Atmajyoti       ....  light of Atma
Atul            ....
Atulya
Avinash         ....

B

Balram          ....
Balavan         ....  powerful
Balik           ....
Bharat          ....
Bhaskar         ....
Bhavya          ....
Bhim
Bhishma
Bhrigu          ....  a Prajapati
Bhudev          ....  lord of the earth
Bhuvan          ....
Braja
Brajajana
Brajabihari
Brajalal
Braj-kishora
Brij
Bruj

C

Chandra         ....
Chapal          ....
Charan          ....

D

Dahana          ....  a Rudra
Daruka          ....
Dattatreya      ....  a son of Atri, a god
Deepak          ....
Devarsi         ....  sage of the Devas
Devesh
Dhananjay       ....  Arjuna
Dharma          ....
Dharmavira      ....
Dharuna         ....  a rishi
Dhatri          ....  a son of Vishnu/Lakshmi
Dhruv           ....
Dilip          ....  a king, ancestor of Rama
Dinesh          ....
Dinkar          ....
Divyesh         ....
Duranjaya       ....  a heroic son
Durjaya         ....  difficult to conquer
Durmada         ....
Durvasa
Dvimidha        ....

E

Ekachakra       ....  son of Kashyapa
Ekanath
Eknath         ....  poet, saint

F

Phalgun         ..... A month in Hindu Calander
Phool
Phul

G

Gagan
Gajapati
Gajendra        ....  elephant king
Ganapati
Ganesha
Gautam          ....
Gaurav          ....
Geet
Girigovardhan
Giriraj
Girirupa
Girirupadhari
Girish          ....
Gopal           ....  Lord Krishna
Gul             ....

H

Hari
Haribhakti
Hari Bhakti Vilas
Harihara
Harish          ....
Harsh           ....  joy
Hemal           ....
Hemant          ....
Hitendra        ....
Hitesh          ....

I

Iksvaku
Indra
Indrajit
Iravan          ....  son of Arjuna/Uloopi

J

Jagajivan
Jagannath
Jaidev          ....
Jatin           ....
Jaya
Jayadeva
Jayananda
Jayant          ....  victorious, a Rudra
Jayesh
Jeevan          ....  life
Jivanmukta
Jimuta          ....  one of 108 names of the Sun God
Jivana          ....  one of 108 names of the Sun God
Jivananda
Jitendra

K

Kadamba
Kadamba-kanana
Kailash
Kalidas         ....  the poet, musician
Kalpanath       ....
Kamadev         ....  god of love
Kamal           ....  lotus flower
Kana
Kanak           ....  Gold
Kapil           ....  name of a rishi
Kapiladev
Kartik          ....
Kartikeya       ....  Subramanyam, Skanda, son of Shiva and Parvati
Kavi            ....  poet
Keshav          ....  Krishna's name
Ketan           ....
Kilan
Kirit           ....  crown, tiara
Kishore         ....
Kripa           ....  has a twin sister Kripi
Kulvir          ....
Kunal           ....
Kusagra         ....  a king
Kush            ....  son of Rama
Kushan          ....

L

Lakshman        ....  brother of Rama
Lalit
Lallan
Laxman
Lohitaksha
Lokesh          ....

M

Madan           ....
Madan-mohan
Madhav          ....  Krishna
Madhavendra
Madhu
Madhumangala
Madhusudhana    ....  Krishna
Madhva
Madhwa
Mahabala        ....  strength
Mahavira        ....  son of Priyavrata
Mahesh          ....
Maitreya        ....  disciple of sage Parasara
Manavendra      ....
Manavira
Mandhatri       ....  prince
Manik            ....
Manish          ....
Manoj           ....
Manu            ....
Markandeya      ....  a sage
Matanga         ....  sage, advisor to Devi Lalita
Mehul           ....  A derivative of Mukul
Mihir           ....
Milind          ....
Mohan           ....  charming
Mohit           ....
Mundaka
Mukul           ....
Mukunda         ....

N

Nabendu         ....
Nachiketa      ....
Nachik         ....  A short form of Nachiketa
Nakul
Nama
Namacharya
Nama-amrita
Namdev          ....  poet, saint
Nanda           ....
Nandin          ....  the delightful, follower of Shiva
Nandaki
Nandu
Nandulal
Narahari       ..... Narasimha (half lion half man avatara of Vishnu)
Narayana        ....  Vishnu
Naresh          ....
Narsi           ....  poet, saint
Nartana         ....  makes others dance
Naveen          ....
Navin           ....  same as Naveen
Neel            ....  blue
Neeraj          ....
Nihar           ....  mist, fog, dew
Nikhil          ....
Nimai           ....  Chaitanya
Niraj           ....  lotus flower
Niramitra       ....  son of pandava Sahadeva
Niranjan        ....
Nitai
Nitai-sundara
Nitesh          ....
Nityananda
Nityananda Rama
Nityananda Prana
Nitya-Sundara   ....  good-looking

O

Ojas
Omarjeet        ....
Omkara

P

Palaka
Pallab          ....
Pandya          ....
Pankaj          ....  lotus flower
Paramartha      ....  great entity
Partha          ....
Pavan          .....  Hanuman
Piyush          ....
Polgai
Prabhakar       ....  cause of lustre
Pradeep         ....  light
Pramath         ....
Pramsu          ....  A scholar
Pranav          ....  Romance
Prasata         ....  father of Draupad
Prashant       ....
Prasoon         ....
Prassana        ....  cheerful
Pravin          ....  same as Pravin
Prayag          ....
Preetish        ....
Prem            ....  love
Prema
Premanidhi
Prithu          ....  first Kshatriya, son of Vena
Privrata        ....  son of Satarupa
Pulkit
Pundarik        ....   white in colour
Pundarikaksham
Puranjan
Puranjay        ....
Purujit         ....  conqueror of many
Pusan           ....  a sage
Puskara         ....

R

Raghu
Raghunath
Raghupati
Rahul           ....
Raivata         ....  a Manu
Raj             ....
Rajan           ....
Rajeev          ....
Rajesh          ....
Rajiv           ....  lotus flower
Rakesh          ....
Rakish
Ram             ....  Lord Rama
Rama
Ramachandra
Raman           ....
Ramanuja        ....  a saint
Ranjan          ....
Rantidev        ....  devotee of Narayana
Ravi            ....  sun
Ravindra        ....
Rishi           ....
Rohit           ....  red color
Roshan          ....
Rupesh
Ruchir

S

Sachin          ....
Sagar           ....  king
Sahadev         ....  prince
Samir           ....  wind
Sampath         ....
Samrat          ....  king
Samudra         ....  lord of the Ocean
Sanat           ....
Sandeep         ....
Sandy           ....
Sanjay          ....
Sanjeev         ....
Sanjiv          ....  same as Sanjeev
Sanjog          ....
Sankara         ....
Sapan           ....
Santosh         ....
Sarasvan        ....
Sarat           ....
Saswata         ....
Satayu          ....  brother of Amavasu and Vivasu
Satrughana
Satrujit        ....  a son of Vatsa
Satyavrat       ....  king
Satyen          ....
Saunak          ....  boy sage
Saurabh         ....
Senajit         ....
Shailesh        ....
Shalabh         ....
Shantanu
Shankar         ....
Sharad          ....
Shashwat        .... ever lasting
Shailesh
Shishir         ....
Shiv            ....  Lord Shiva
Shvetank        ....
Siddharth       ....
Sridhar         ....
Srikant         ....
Srinath         ....
Srinivas        ....
Srinivasan
Sriram          ....
Srivas
Subodh          ....
Sudarshan       ....  same as Sudarsana
Sudesha         ....  a son of Krishna
Sudeva          ....  good Deva
Sudhansu        ....
Sudhir          ....
Sugriva         ....
Sukarman        ....  reciter of 1000 Samhitas
Sukumar         ....  tender
Sumantu         ....  Atharva Veda was assigned to him
Sumit           ....
Sundara         ....
Sunil           ....
Sura
Suresh          ....
Surya           ....  the sun
Suvrata         ....
Swagat          ....

T

Taksha           ....  a son of Bharata
Tarun
Tapamoya
Tapan
Tapanamishra
Tapesh
Tarang
Tej             ....
Tejas
Tilak           ....
Trisanu         ....
Trivikrama
Tushar

U

Udit
Upendra         ....  an element
Urjavaha        ....  of the Nimi dynasty
Uttam           ....  3rd Manu
Uttamashloka
Uttanka         ....

V

Vairaja         ....  son of Virat
Vajra
Vaman
Vamadev
Vamandeva
Vamanadeva
Variya          ....  excellent one
Varun           ....  lord of the waters
Vasant
Vasava          ....  Indra
Vasu
Vasudev
Vasuman         ....  born of fire
Vedanga         ....  vedas
Veer            ....
Vidvan          ....  scholar
Vijay           ....
Vikas           ....
Vikram          ....  glorious king
Vikrant         ....
Vimal           ....   (Bimal)
Vinay           ....  good behavior
Vineet          ....
Vinod           ....
Vipin           ....
Vipin-bihari
Vipul           ....
Viraj           ....
Virasana        ....
Virat           ....  supreme being
Vishal          ....
Vishvakarman     ....  architect, son of Yogasiddha
Vishvakshena
Vishvambara
Vishvanath
Visvajit        ....  one who conquers the universe
Visvayu         ....  brother of Amavasu and Satayu
Viswanath       ....
Vivatma         ....  universal soul
Vivek           ....
Vraj
Vrajbihari
Vrajlal
Vrajmohan
Vrindavan

W

Waman           ......
Wamandev  (see Vamandev)

X
Xerox

Y

Yadavendra
Yadu
Yadunandana
Yadu-shrestha
Yam
Yamaraj
Yash            ....
Yashodhara      ....
Yashodanandana
Yashomatinandana
Yashovarman     ....
Yashpal         ....
Yogananda
Yogananda-Nrisimha
Yogendra
Yogindra
Yudha
Yudhajit        ....
Yudhishthira

Z

Zahin           ....
Zev             ....
 



Girl's names
A

Aasha
Abhilasha
Achit
Aditi           ....
Akriti          ....
Akuti           ....  princess
Amba
Ambika
Ambalika
Amita           ....
Amrita          ....
Amrita-pani
Anapurna
Anika           ....
Anita           ....
Anjali          ....  offering
Ankita          ....
Anu
Anupama         ....
Anuradha        ....  a bright star
Anvita          ....
Aparajita       ....
Aparna          ....  same as Parvati
Asha            ....  hope
Ashrita         ....
Askini          ....  daughter of Prajapati Virat
Avani           ....
Avantika        ....

B

Bala
Balagopal
Bagalmukhi
Bhadra
Bhadra-tunga
Bhadri
Bhagavati
Bhagalmukhi
Bhairavi
Bharati        ....
Bina            ....  a musical instrument
Bindiya         ....

C

Cauvery         ....  same as Cavery (K)
Charu          ....
Chhavvi          ....
Chhaya           ....  shadow
Chhaya          ....  a shadow
Chhayadevi
Chitra          ....
Chitralekha
Chitrangda
Chitrangi
 

D

Daksha          ....
Deena           ....
Deepika         ....  a little light
Deepti          ....
Devaki          ....  mother of Krishna
Devi
Divya           ....  heavenly, brilliant
Dristi          ....  sight, a form of the Devi

E
Ekta            ....
Ekadasi       ....

F
Firaki          .....

G

Ganga
Gangadevi
Gangamayi
Gargi
Gaura
Gaurangi
Gauri
Gayatri         ....  mother of the Vedas
Girija
Gita            ....
Gitika
Gitanjali       ....
Gopali
Gopi
Govardhan (dasi)
Govardhan-dhari
Govinda

H

Hara
Haradevi
Harananda
Harsharani
Harshita
Hem
Hema            ....
Hemavati
Hina            ....
Himavati

I

Indira          ....
Indrani
Indulekha
Ira
Ila

J

Jadarani
Jadurani
Jagatam
Jagatamba
Jagatarini
Jagrati         ....
Jahnavi         ....
Jaya            ....  victory
Jayani          ....  a sakti of Ganesha
Juana           ....
Juhi            ....
Jyoti           ....
Jyotsna         ....

K

Kajal           ....  eyeliner
Kalpana         ....
Kama
Kamakshi        ....  a Devi, same as Lalita
Kamalanghi
Kamalanaitreya
Kamalashri
Kamalaya
Kamna           ....  Desire
Kanchana        ....  a celestial Apsara, gold
Kanchanabha
Kartiki
Katyayani       ....
Kavita          ....  poem
Ketaki
Ketika          ....
Kiran
Kirti           ....  fame, a form of the Devi
Kitu            ....  (Gidwani :-))
Komal           ....
Komalashri
Kranti
Krishna
Krishna-lila
Krishnanghi
Kriti           ....  A work of art
Krittika
Kuhuk           ..... (kuhuk .kuhuk Bole Koyalia ).
Kshama          ....  forgiveness, patience, a form of the Devi
Kumud

L

Lata            ....
Laxmi           ....  same as Lakshmi
Lalima          ....
Lalita
Lolaksi         ....  a sakti of Ganesha

M

Madhavi         ....
Madhu           ....  honey
Madhur          ....  sweet
Madhuri         ....
Madri
Mala            ....  necklace
Malati          ....  same as Malti
Malavika        ....
Malini          ....
Mallika         ....
Malti           ....  small fragrant flower - Jasmine maximus
Maitryi
Mamta           ....  mother's love for child, wife of sage Asija
Manavi          ....
Manisha         ....
Manjari         ....
Manju           ....
Manjuwali
Manasi
Manushi         ....
Marisa          ....  mother of Daksa
Maruti          ....
Matangi         ....  a Devi
Maya            ....
Mayuri          ....
Medha           ....  intelligence, a form of the Devi
Meena           ....  precious stone
Meenakshi       ....
Meera           ....
Meghana         ....
Mena            ....  mother of Menaka
Menaka          ....  celestial damsel
Mina            ....  same as Meena
Mira            ....  same as Meera
Mitali
Mohini          ....  most beautiful
Mona

N

Naina           ....  eyes
Nakshatrani
Nakshatranirupam
Nalini          ....  same as Gayatri
Nama-amrita
Namrata         ....
Nanda           ....  a sakti of Ganesha
Nandarani
Nandini         ....
Nandita         ....
Naomi           ....
Narmada         ....  same as Gayatri
Natasha         ....
Neeharika       ....
Neelam          ....  sapphire
Neena           ....
Neerja          ....  lotus flower
Neha            ....
Netraya
Nidhi           ....  same as Gayatri
Nidra           ....  a form of the Devi
Nilima          ....
Nilini          ....  perpetuator of the Kuru race
Nimmi           ....
Nira            ....
Niral           ....
Niradhara       ....
Nirguna         ....
Nirmala         ....  same as Gayatri
Nirupa          ....  same as Gayatri
Nirupama        ....  same as Gayatri
Nisha           ....  night
Nishada
Nishtha         ....
Nita            ....
Niti            ....
Nitu            ....
Nitya           ....  goddess Parvati
Nityalila
Nivedita        ....

O

Ooma

P

Palika
Paramasatya
Paramsatya
Parnika         ....  auspicious Apsara
Parnita         ....  auspicious Apsara
Parul           ....
Pauravi         ....
Pavani          ....  same as Gayatri
Pavi            ....
Payal           ....
Paola
Palomi
Pallavi
Pamela          ....
Pandurani
Phutika         ....
Pivari          ....  a wife of Sukha
Pooja           ....  prayer
Poonam          ....
Prabha          ....
Prachi          ....
Prema           ....
Premila         ....
Prerana         ....
Prisha          ....
Pritha          ....  same as Kunti
Priti           ....  satisfaction, renowned wife of Pulastya/Sukha
Priya           ....  loved one, darling
Priyanka        ....
Puja            ....  same as Pooja
Pundari         ....
Punita          ....
Purandhri       ....  same as Gayatri
Purnima         ....  same as Gayatri
Purva
Pusti           ....  nourishment, a form of the Devi, wife of Ganapati

Q

R

Rachna          ....
Radha           ....
Radharani
Radhika         ....  a form of the Devi, 5th Sakti, wife of Krishna
Rajni
Rakhi           ....
Ranjana         ....
Rati            ....  a Devi
Reena           ....
Rekha           ....  straight line
Renuka          ....
Revati          ....  wife of Balarama
Riddhi          ....  Siddhi will follow
Rima            ....
Rita            ....
Ritu            ....
Rohini          ....
Roshni          ....  light
Rtu
Ruchi           ....
Ruchira         ....
Rudrani         ....  a wife of Shiva
Rukmini         ....
Rupa            ....
Rupini
Rupali          ....

S

Sachi           ....  wife of Indra
Sachimata
Sahana          ....
Sanjna           ....  wife of the Sun
Samiksha        ....
Sandhya         ....
Sangita         ....
Sanyogita
Sanyukta        ....
Sanjukta        ....
Sapna           ....  dream
Sarasvati       ....  the goddess of learning and arts
Saravati        ....
Sarika          ....  thrush
Sarita          ....
Sarmistha       ....  a daughter of Vrsaparvan
Sarvati
Sarvatri
Saryu           ....  A river in Ramayana
Saru            ....
Sashti          ....
Sashi
Sasthi          ....
Satya
Satyavati       ....  mother of Vyasa
Satyabhama
Saubhagya
Saubhagya-sundari
Saumya          ....
Savarna         ....  daughter of the Ocean
Savita          ....  sun
Savitri         ....  a form of the Devi, 4th Sakti
Seema           ....
Shaila          ....
Shailaja        ....
Shailavasini
Shaina          ....
Shalini         ....
Shanta          ....
Shanti          ....  peace
Sharda          ....
Sharmila        ....
Sharmistha      ....
Sheetal         ....  cool
Shikha          ....
Shilpa          ....
Shivani         ....
Shobha
Shobhna         ....
Shradhdha       ....
Shreya          ....  auspicious
Shruti          ....
Shubha          ....
Siddhi          ....  then you must have a Riddhi
Sita
Sitaseva
Sitarani
Sitathakurani
Smirti          ....  recollection, a form of the Devi
Smriti
Smita           ....
Sneh            ....
Snigdha         ....
Sobha           ....
Sophia           ....
Somatra         ....  excelling the moon
Sonali          ....
Sonia           ....
Sraddha         ....  faith, a wife of Shiva
Sruti           ....
Su
Subhadra        ....  a wife of Arjuna
Subhaga         ....  a fortunate person
Subhangi        ....
Subhuja         ....  auspicious Apsara
Suchi           ....
Suchitra        ....
Sudevi          ....  wife of Krishna
Sudha
Sujata          ....
Suksma          ....
Sumanna         ....
Sumati          ....
Sumitra         ....
Sundara
Sundari
Sunita          ....  a daughter of Dharma
Suniti          ....
Sunrita         ....  same as Sunita
Supriya         ....
Surabhi         ....  wish-yielding cow
Suravinda       ....  a beautiful Yaksa
Surotama        ....  auspicious Apsara
Suruchi         ....
Surupa          ....
Surya           ....  sun god
Sushma          ....
Susila          ....  wife of Krishna, clever in amorous sciences
Susumna         ....  same as Lalita
Suvrata         ....  a daughter of Daksa
Swati           ....
Sweta           ....

T

Tanu            ....
Tanuja          ....
Tapi (T pronnounced as in Tara )
Tapti
Tara
Tarpana         ....  same as Gayatri
Taruna          ....  same as Gayatri
Tasha           ....
Teji
Tejal           ....
Tina            ....
Titiksha
Titiksha-karunika
Trilochana      ....
Trishna         ....  thirst, a form of the Devi
Trupti          ....
Trusha          ....
Tuhina          ....
Tulasi          ....  a Devi
Tulasimaharani
Tulsi
Tunga
Tungabhadra
Tungavidya
Tusti           ....  peace, happiness, a form of the Devi

U

Udaya           ....
Ujjwala         ....
Uma             ....  wife of Shiva
Urmila          ....  wife of Lakshmana
Urvasi          ....  most beautiful of Apsaras
Usha            ....
Uttara          ....  mother of Pariksit

V

Vaisakhi        ....
Vandana         ....
Vandita         ....
Vanita          ....  same as Gayatri
Varsha          ....  rain
Varuni          ....  a goddess
Vasanta         ....  spring
Vasavi          ....  mental daughter of the Pitrs
Vasudhara       ....
Vasuki          ....
Vasumati        ....  apsara of unequalled splendour
Vedavati
Vibhavi
Vibhuti         ....
Vidya           ....  wisdom, knowledge
Vikriti         ....
Vimala          ....  pure, sakti of the Gayatri Devi
Vinata          ....  humble, mother of Garuda
Vinaya          ....  good behaviour
Vineeta         ....  same as Vinita
Vinita          ....
Virini          ....
Visala          ....  celestial Apsara
Vishalini
Vrinda
Vrindavan
Vrindavaneshwari
Vrindavani

W

X

Y

Yaksha          .... ( a Sister of Daksha ).
Yamini          ....
Yamuna
Yamura          ....
Yauvani         ....  same as Gayatri

Z
Zena

Some more new Names
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Boys:
Kartik
Kunal
Tushar

Girls:
Paloma
Parul
Charu
Avatika
Ketaki
Kamayani
Neha
Mitali
Pallavi
Kitu
Saloni
Juhi
Prachi
Paola
Palomi
Richa
Rachna
Shilpa
Tanu
Tasha
Trishna
Sonal
Mehul
Sonali