First names from Sanskrit
288 names of Sanskrit origin, the most used first: Arya, Bodhi, Aryan and more.
| Name | For | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arya | girls | “noble”, “respectable” | #193 (2025) |
| Bodhi | boys | #115 (2025) | |
| Aryan | boys | “noble”, “noble one” | #302 (2025) |
| Arjun | boys | #325 (2025) | |
| Kali | girls | #1,229 (2025) | |
| Jai | either | #822 (2025) | |
| Diya | girls | “earthen lamp” | #834 (2025) |
| Amar | boys | “undying”, “immortal” | #658 (2025) |
| Ishaan | boys | “ishana” | #487 (2025) |
| Hari | boys | #668 (2025) | |
| Yuvraj | boys | #539 (2025) | |
| Leela | girls | #719 (2025) | |
| Ajay | boys | #914 (2025) | |
| Asha | girls | “hope”, “wish” | #1,809 (2025) |
| Kiran | either | “ray of light” | #1,538 (2025) |
| Avani | girls | “earth” | #894 (2025) |
| Aanya | girls | “inexhaustible” | #894 (2025) |
| Rishi | boys | “rishi”, “sage” | #1,066 (2025) |
| Shreya | girls | #1,639 (2025) | |
| Vivaan | boys | “plaiting”, “twisting” | #934 (2025) |
| Jaya | girls | “victory” | #1,584 (2025) |
| Aditya | boys | #1,153 (2025) | |
| Ananya | boys | #1,454 (2025) | |
| Anjali | girls | #1,809 (2025) | |
| Veda | girls | “knowledge” | #816 (2025) |
| Ila | girls | #3,705 (2025) | |
| Nikhil | boys | #2,133 (2025) | |
| Samar | either | #1,466 (2025) | |
| Arun | boys | #2,133 (2025) | |
| Uma | girls | #1,133 (2025) | |
| Ravi | boys | “the sun”, “the sun-god.” | #845 (2025) |
| Anisha | girls | #2,440 (2025) | |
| Shiv | boys | “the auspicious one” | #896 (2025) |
| Daya | girls | “pity”, “mercy” | #1,110 (2025) |
| Yash | boys | “fame”, “glory” | #1,359 (2025) |
| Atharv | boys | #914 (2025) | |
| Ansh | boys | #1,153 (2025) | |
| Krishna | either | #2,133 (2025) | |
| Shivansh | boys | #462 (2025) | |
| Sameer | boys | #1,538 (2025) | |
| Ranveer | boys | #1,538 (2025) | |
| Aditi | girls | “having nothing to give” | #1,892 (2025) |
| Shaurya | boys | #1,153 (2025) | |
| Tanvi | girls | #2,138 (2025) | |
| Indira | girls | #2,006 (2025) | |
| Manu | boys | “man”, “mankind” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Ishani | girls | #1,454 (2025) | |
| Samarth | boys | “capable”, “competent” | #1,226 (2025) |
| Anand | boys | “joy”, “delight” | #2,138 (2025) |
| Rani | girls | “a queen”, “princess” | #1,454 (2025) |
| Vikram | boys | #2,133 (2025) | |
| Amrita | boys | “immortal” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Rahul | boys | #4,275 (2025) | |
| Ajit | boys | #1,406 (2025) | |
| Vardan | boys | #5,137 (2025) | |
| Naina | girls | #1,407 (2025) | |
| Shivani | girls | #4,201 (2025) | |
| Chandra | girls | “moon” | #3,998 (2001) |
| Nayan | boys | #2,664 (2025) | |
| Amit | boys | #4,749 (2018) | |
| Parth | boys | #1,226 (2025) | |
| Vijay | boys | #4,107 (2023) | |
| Varun | boys | “varuna” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Surya | either | “the sun”, “its deity” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Divya | girls | “divine”, “charming” | #4,201 (2025) |
| Narayan | boys | #2,269 (2025) | |
| Ambar | boys | #1,892 (2025) | |
| Preet | either | “love”, “affection” | #3,705 (2025) |
| Lakshmi | girls | “mark”, “sign” | #3,333 (2025) |
| Seema | girls | #3,899 (2020) | |
| Kishan | boys | #2,440 (2025) | |
| Anil | boys | “hindu god of the wind” | #4,001 (2022) |
| Pavan | either | #4,275 (2025) | |
| Manav | boys | “human being” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Akash | boys | #4,275 (2025) | |
| Sameera | girls | #4,843 (2024) | |
| Aishwarya | girls | #4,201 (2025) | |
| Devi | girls | “goddess”, “female deity” | #2,788 (2025) |
| Abhay | boys | “fearless” | #2,269 (2025) |
| Nisha | girls | “night” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Nandini | girls | “daughter”, “epithet of durga” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Sanjay | boys | #3,688 (2024) | |
| Shiva | either | “the auspicious one” | #3,256 (2025) |
| Rama | either | “rama” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Tarun | boys | #3,688 (2024) | |
| Shyam | boys | #3,254 (2024) | |
| Vinay | boys | #5,137 (2025) | |
| Rajiv | boys | #3,385 (2006) | |
| Amba | girls | #4,867 (2025) | |
| Sarita | girls | #5,687 (2023) | |
| Chavi | girls | “persona”, “image” | #2,278 (2025) |
| Meghna | girls | “cloud” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Kavita | girls | “poem” | #5,876 (2012) |
| Varsha | girls | “rain” | #5,591 (2019) |
| Akshar | boys | “letter”, “character” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Pranay | boys | “love”, “affection” | #2,269 (2025) |
| Alok | boys | “light”, “radiance” | #4,107 (2023) |
| Charvi | girls | #2,788 (2025) | |
| Sunil | boys | “very black”, “blue” | #3,332 (2010) |
| Sandhya | girls | “twilight” | #5,556 (2009) |
| Rohit | boys | #4,789 (2022) | |
| Mahima | girls | “grandeur”, “glory” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Prakash | boys | “light” | #2,097 (1999) |
| Siddhartha | boys | “achievement”, “meaning” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Medha | girls | “wisdom”, “intelligence” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Lavanya | girls | “beauty” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Samay | boys | “time” | #2,440 (2025) |
| Sahaj | boys | “natural”, “easy” | #2,952 (2025) |
| Prithvi | boys | “the vast one” | #2,269 (2025) |
| Kriti | girls | “creation”, “piece” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Prachi | girls | “east” | #4,645 (2022) |
| Abhimanyu | boys | “abhimanyu” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Dhairya | boys | “patience” | #2,664 (2025) |
| Gita | girls | “song” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Niyati | girls | “destiny”, “fate” | #3,333 (2025) |
| Kushal | boys | “skillful”, “proficient” | #4,270 (2024) |
| Sarthak | boys | “meaningful”, “useful” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Satvik | boys | “pure”, “noble” | #2,664 (2025) |
| Ambika | girls | “mother”, “good woman” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Kalyani | girls | “auspicious”, “beneficial” | #4,201 (2025) |
| Pratibha | girls | “talent”, “skill” | |
| Ramesh | boys | “husband of rama (the goddess lakshmi)” | #2,943 (1999) |
| Prafulla | boys | “blooming”, “radiant” | |
| Manan | boys | “contemplation”, “deliberation” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Sita | girls | “furrow” | #4,201 (2025) |
| Vaibhav | boys | “splendor”, “magnificence” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Nilay | either | “house”, “abode” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Janani | girls | “mother” | #5,669 (2022) |
| Anuj | boys | “younger brother” | #4,789 (2022) |
| Aradhana | girls | “worship”, “adoration” | #3,705 (2025) |
| Urvi | girls | “earth” | #4,192 (2024) |
| Chaitanya | boys | “consciousness”, “spirit” | #4,789 (2021) |
| Komal | girls | “soft”, “delicate” | #5,785 (2016) |
| Manisha | girls | #5,927 (2025) | |
| Prabal | boys | “powerful”, “mighty” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Vishal | boys | #4,749 (2018) | |
| Deepika | girls | “lamp” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Anandi | girls | “joyful”, “blissful” | #5,742 (2013) |
| Stuti | girls | “praise” | #4,843 (2024) |
| Karuna | girls | “compassion”, “kindness” | |
| Hema | girls | “gold” | #5,581 (2021) |
| Ashutosh | boys | “easily pleased” | #5,119 (2024) |
| Rachana | girls | “work”, “creation” | #5,201 (2007) |
| Padma | girls | “lotus” | |
| Sunita | girls | “well guided” | #3,218 (2007) |
| Shefali | girls | “night jasmine” | #4,137 (2002) |
| Saurabh | boys | “fragrance”, “aroma” | |
| Sharad | boys | “autumn” | #4,432 (2008) |
| Vanita | girls | #3,970 (2005) | |
| Vasundhara | girls | “earth”, “land” | |
| Sourav | boys | “fragrance”, “aroma” | |
| Pramod | boys | “joy”, “delight” | |
| Pradeep | boys | “lamp” | #2,859 (1997) |
| Unnati | girls | “development”, “progress” | #5,556 (2009) |
| Samiksha | girls | “review” | #5,687 (2023) |
| Saumya | boys | “gentle”, “calm” | #5,730 (2015) |
| Nandan | girls | “son” | #2,941 (2010) |
| Daman | boys | #4,023 (2016) | |
| Srijan | boys | “creation” | #4,107 (2023) |
| Kushagra | boys | “sharp” | #5,119 (2024) |
| Soumya | boys | “gentle”, “calm” | #4,103 (2015) |
| Vinayak | boys | #4,702 (2019) | |
| Praveen | boys | “skillful”, “proficient” | #3,362 (2014) |
| Chinmay | boys | “consciousness” | #4,789 (2022) |
| Suyash | boys | “fame”, “reputation” | #4,702 (2019) |
| Saurav | boys | “fragrance”, “aroma” | #4,632 (2014) |
| Anshul | boys | “radiant”, “luminous” | #4,747 (2015) |
| Yashasvi | boys | “famous”, “celebrated” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Aagya | girls | “order”, “command” | #4,709 (2023) |
| Anshu | boys | “ray”, “beam” | #4,805 (2012) |
| Pallavi | girls | “sprout”, “shoot” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Khyati | girls | “fame”, “renown” | #5,742 (2013) |
| Nakul | boys | “mongoose” | #4,789 (2022) |
| Anuja | girls | “younger sister” | #5,785 (2016) |
| Harshit | boys | “delighted”, “joyful” | #4,270 (2024) |
| Pragati | girls | “advancement”, “progress” | #5,785 (2016) |
| Chhaya | girls | “shadow”, “silhouette” | #5,742 (2013) |
| Yamini | girls | “night” | #4,050 (2013) |
| Abha | girls | “lustre”, “brilliance” | #5,493 (2020) |
| Akriti | girls | “shape”, “form” | #5,691 (2014) |
| Anshuman | boys | “light”, “radiance” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Diti | girls | “cutting”, “splitting” | #4,764 (2011) |
| Dheeraj | boys | “patience” | |
| Samatha | girls | “tranquility”, “concentration” | |
| Vasudha | girls | “earth” | #5,669 (2022) |
| Garvit | boys | “proud” | #4,702 (2019) |
| Urja | girls | “power”, “energy” | #5,765 (2017) |
| Sameeksha | girls | “review” | #4,838 (2012) |
| Garima | girls | “dignity”, “prestige” | #3,382 (2005) |
| Upasana | girls | “worship”, “reverence” | #5,742 (2013) |
| Tejaswi | boys | “radiant”, “luminous” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Nisarg | boys | “nature”, “form” | #4,678 (2010) |
| Chhavi | girls | “persona”, “image” | #5,493 (2020) |
| Kshitij | boys | “horizon” | #4,749 (2018) |
| Tushar | boys | “frost”, “rime” | #3,687 (2008) |
| Shishir | boys | “winter”, “frost” | |
| Akansha | girls | “hope”, “ambition” | |
| Rachna | girls | “work”, “creation” | #4,598 (2004) |
| Swapnil | boys | “dreamy”, “surreal” | |
| Surbhi | girls | “fragrance”, “aroma” | |
| Ankur | boys | “bud”, “sprout” | #2,901 (1998) |
| Sharvari | girls | “night” | |
| Deepti | girls | “brightness”, “light” | #4,294 (2007) |
| Kokila | girls | “cuckoo” | |
| Agraja | girls | “firstborn daughter” | |
| Maryada | girls | “dignity” | |
| Ekta | girls | “unity”, “oneness” | #4,294 (2007) |
| Amshuman | boys | “light”, “radiance” | |
| Vinit | boys | “humble”, “modest” | #3,225 (2002) |
| Aradhna | girls | “worship”, “adoration” | |
| Chiranjiv | boys | “immortal”, “long-lived” | |
| Vibhavari | girls | “starry night” | |
| Mandodari | girls | “soft-bellied” | |
| Shashiprabha | girls | “moonlight” | |
| Chandraprabha | girls | “moonlight” | |
| Koyal | girls | “cuckoo” | |
| Ratan | boys | “gem”, “gemstone” | |
| Bhumija | girls | “born of the earth” | |
| Bhim | boys | “formidable”, “fearful” | |
| Sudha | girls | “nectar”, “ambrosia” | |
| Mridul | boys | “soft”, “tender” | |
| Yamika | girls | “night” | |
| Lalit | boys | “beautiful”, “lovely” | |
| Bheem | boys | “formidable”, “fearful” | |
| Pallav | boys | “sprout”, “shoot” | |
| Kritagya | boys | “grateful”, “thankful” | |
| Nisarga | boys | “nature”, “form” | |
| Raghunath | boys | ||
| Suvigya | girls | “wisdom” | |
| Mrinmay | boys | “earthen” | |
| Kaumudi | girls | “moonlight” | |
| Pankhuri | girls | “petal” | |
| Kanchan | girls | “gold” | |
| Prasiddhi | girls | “fame”, “renown” | |
| Kratagya | boys | “grateful”, “thankful” | |
| Achla | girls | “immovable”, “stationary” | |
| Apeksha | girls | “requirement”, “want” | |
| Kranti | girls | “revolution” | |
| Surendra | boys | “indra” | |
| Ashu | boys | “fast” | |
| Garvita | girls | “proud” | |
| Iccha | girls | “desire”, “will” | |
| Kamana | girls | “wish”, “desire” | |
| Kaunteya | boys | “son of kunti” | |
| Abhigyan | boys | “recognition”, “remembrance” | |
| Vibhawari | girls | “starry night” | |
| Abhigya | girls | “recognition”, “remembrance” | |
| Achala | girls | “immovable”, “stationary” | |
| Sambhavana | girls | “possibility”, “chance” | |
| Satwik | boys | “pure”, “noble” | |
| Meghnada | boys | “thunder” | |
| Tulika | girls | “paintbrush” | |
| Anukriti | girls | “imitation”, “copy” | |
| Kritartha | boys | “accomplished”, “grateful” | |
| Chiranjivi | boys | “immortal”, “long-lived” | |
| Sandesh | boys | “message”, “news” | |
| Abhilasha | girls | “desire”, “want” | |
| Prasoon | boys | “flower”, “blossom” | |
| Abhilash | boys | “desire”, “longing” | |
| Praphulla | boys | “blooming”, “radiant” | |
| Abhinay | boys | “acting” | |
| Pulkit | boys | “thrilled”, “jubilant” | |
| Balachandra | boys | “waxing moon” | |
| Arvinda | boys | “lotus” | |
| Balchandra | boys | “waxing moon” | |
| Agya | girls | “order”, “command” | |
| Aloka | boys | “light”, “radiance” | #4,373 (2003) |
| Vipin | boys | “forest”, “woods” | |
| Rajat | boys | “silver” | #3,225 (2002) |
| Chiranjeev | boys | “immortal”, “long-lived” | |
| Oorja | girls | “power”, “energy” | |
| Jyothis | boys | “light” | |
| Shiksha | girls | “education”, “lesson” | |
| Sambhavna | girls | “possibility”, “chance” | |
| Axar | boys | “letter”, “character” | |
| Shephali | girls | “night jasmine” | |
| Dhiraj | boys | “patience” | #3,687 (2008) |
| Diwakar | boys | “sun” | |
| Chiranjeevi | boys | “immortal”, “long-lived” | |
| Kratartha | boys | “accomplished”, “grateful” | |
| Prithu | boys | “large”, “great” | |
| Parimal | boys | “aroma”, “fragrance” | |
| Cheshta | girls | “effort”, “endeavour” | |
| Divakar | boys | “sun” | |
| Vasant | boys | “spring” | |
| Kamna | girls | “wish”, “desire” | |
| Shyamal | boys | “dark” | |
| Bhoomija | girls | “born of the earth” |