Appendix:Indian given names

A list of given names used in India in their Anglicized spellings, but without gender or ethnic source (India has many native ethnic groups).

A

 * Aakash
 * Aaravamuthan
 * Aarthi
 * Aayush
 * Aarya
 * Aashika
 * Aashish (also Ashish)
 * Abha
 * Abhas
 * Abhigyan
 * Abhijatya
 * Abhilash
 * Abhinandan
 * Abhinav
 * Abhinay (also Abhinaya)
 * Abhinit (also Abhineet)
 * Abhishek
 * Adarsh (also Aadarsh)
 * Adesh
 * Adi
 * Adipika (also Adeepika, Aadipika)
 * Aditi
 * Aditya
 * Advik
 * Aishwarya
 * Ajay
 * Ajey
 * Ajith (Also Ajit)
 * Ajeet
 * Akhila
 * Akhilesh
 * Akshata
 * Akshay
 * Alikesh
 * Alpesh
 * Amal
 * Aman
 * Amani — spring
 * Amar
 * Ambar
 * Amit
 * Amol
 * Amulya
 * Anant
 * Ananthu
 * Anindita
 * Animesh
 * Anirudh
 * Anish (also spelled Aneesh)
 * Anitha
 * Anjana — mother of Hanuman
 * Anjali — mother of Hanuman
 * Anjan
 * Anjana
 * Anju
 * Anjum
 * Ankan
 * Ankita
 * Anmol
 * Annapoorna
 * Anoop
 * Anshul
 * Ansuman
 * Anshuman
 * Anu
 * Anubhuti
 * Anup
 * Anupam
 * Anupama
 * Anuradha
 * Anurag
 * Aparna — dry leaf
 * Apoorva
 * Aravind (also Arabind)
 * Aravinda
 * Archana
 * Arihant
 * Arindam (also Arindom)
 * Arjun
 * Arpita
 * Arnav
 * Arshad
 * Arun
 * Aruna
 * Aryaki
 * Aravind
 * Asawari
 * Aseem
 * Asha
 * Ashesh
 * Ashish
 * Ashu
 * Ashvin
 * Ashwath
 * Ashwatthama
 * Ashweeta
 * Ashwin
 * Ashwini
 * Aswini — star (characteristics: fast and active)
 * Atmajyoti
 * Atul
 * Atulya
 * Ayush
 * Avanindra
 * Avanish
 * Avinash
 * Azhagu
 * Anbuselvam
 * Anbu
 * Athi
 * Anbukarsan
 * Anand — happiness
 * Ananda
 * Anbarasi
 * Anita
 * Anusha
 * Aravindra
 * Avani — earth
 * Aviral

B

 * Babita
 * Bandheka — the girl who stays in limits
 * Bandheria — the intelligent
 * Babu
 * Babul
 * Bablu
 * Bala
 * Balaram
 * Balram
 * Banti
 * Basanti
 * Beena
 * Bhagya
 * Bhagyashri
 * Bhairavi
 * Bhalchandra
 * Bharani
 * Bharat
 * Bharath
 * Bharathi — Saraswathi Devi
 * Bhargavi
 * Bhaskar
 * Bhaskara
 * Bhavani — Parvathi Devi
 * Bhavesh
 * Bhavna
 * Bhooma
 * Bhoomika
 * Bhoominathan
 * Bhushan
 * Bibek
 * Billu
 * Bikram
 * Bikshapathi
 * Bimala
 * Bina
 * Bindu
 * Bineeta
 * Biran
 * Bodhisatva
 * Bhola

C

 * Chaitra
 * Chandana
 * Chandni
 * Chandra — moon
 * Chandrakant
 * Chandraprabha — Glow of moon
 * Chandrashekhar
 * Charu
 * Chetan
 * Chetana
 * Chilkoja
 * Chirasmita
 * Chithra — wonder
 * Chitrasen
 * Chudamani

D

 * Damodar
 * Deepa
 * Deepika — small light
 * Deepti — light
 * Deepak
 * Deven
 * Devendra
 * Devi
 * Dhanalakshmi
 * Dhanush
 * Dhanya
 * Dhara
 * Dharani — earth
 * Dharma — rightful
 * Dharshan
 * Dharshini
 * Dhwani
 * Dikpal
 * Dilip
 * Dimitri
 * Dipa
 * Dipti
 * Divya
 * Draupadi
 * Divyajyoti (also referred to as Dibyajyoti)

E

 * Esha
 * Eshwar — Lord
 * Ehsaan
 * Emaraan

F

 * Fanishwar
 * Fardeen
 * Fatima
 * Farheen
 * Farooq
 * Faisal
 * faraha
 * Fangs
 * Feroz

G

 * Gagana — sky
 * Gajalakshmi
 * Gajanand
 * Ganesh
 * Ganesha — Name of God
 * Ganga
 * Gauri
 * Gayathri — Gayathri Devi
 * Gayatri
 * Geeta (also Gita)
 * Geetika (also Gitika)
 * Girish
 * Godavari
 * Gopal
 * Gopinath
 * Govind
 * Greisha
 * Grisha

H

 * Haran
 * Harendra
 * Harika — loveable by all
 * Harmeet
 * Harpreet
 * Harsha
 * Harshan
 * Hashmeet
 * Hasini — sweet smile
 * Hansa
 * Hari — name of God
 * Hetal
 * Himanshu
 * Himesh
 * Hrishikesh
 * Hrithik
 * Hushmeet Diwan

I

 * Ira
 * Ish
 * Isha
 * Ishan
 * Ishani
 * Ishant
 * Ishanika
 * Ishvinder

J

 * Jaagruthi
 * Jagadish
 * Jai — winner
 * Jaikanth
 * Jaishankar
 * Jasraj
 * Jayalalitha
 * Jayakumar
 * Jayanthi
 * Jayashree
 * Jayendra
 * Jayesh
 * Jaykishan
 * Jayshree
 * Jeet
 * Jeevan
 * Jekishan
 * Juhi
 * Jui
 * Jumana
 * Jyothy (also Jyothi) — light
 * Jyoti

K

 * Kadhir
 * Kadhiresan
 * Kamal
 * Kamakshi
 * Kamaraj
 * Kanchana — gold
 * Kandhan
 * Kanthi
 * Kanupriya
 * Kapil
 * Karan
 * Karthee
 * Karthika
 * Karthikeyan
 * Karunanidhi
 * Kaushik
 * Kavel
 * Kaveri
 * Kavitha
 * Kavya
 * Keerthi/kirthika — fame
 * Keshav
 * Keshavan
 * Ketan
 * Kiran
 * Kishan
 * Komal
 * Komudi
 * Krishna
 * Krithika
 * Kruthika — star
 * Kush
 * Kunalan Dava Rajoo
 * Kumar — son, originally meaning "Prince", (often used as a suffix to a name). The Two syllable word (Ku=meaning "grief"+mar="to kill") actually denotes "killer of grief/sorrow" or otherwise meaning "gladdener/happiness-giver".

L

 * Lakshmana
 * Lakshmi
 * Lalit
 * Lalitha — Lalitha Devi (Parvathi Devi)
 * Latha
 * Lav
 * Laya — grace
 * Leela
 * Leena
 * Lekha
 * Loganathan
 * Lokesh
 * Laila

M

 * Madhav
 * Madhavan
 * Madhu
 * Madhuri
 * Madhurima
 * Madhusoodhan
 * Mahadevan
 * Mahesh
 * Mahendra
 * Mahim
 * Mahima
 * Malathi — garland
 * Manas
 * Manav
 * Mandira
 * Mangala
 * Mangesh
 * Manish
 * Manisha
 * Manjula
 * Manjunath
 * Manohar
 * Manoj
 * Manpreet
 * Mansha
 * Maya
 * Mayank — The Moon
 * Mayuri
 * Mayuresh
 * Meeta
 * Megha
 * Meghna
 * Meha
 * Mira
 * Mihir
 * Mital
 * Mitu
 * Mohan
 * Mohit
 * Mouli — The head
 * Mridul
 * Mrinal
 * Mrudula
 * Mukul
 * Murali
 * Muralidharan
 * Muralikrishna
 * Murugan
 * Murugesan

N

 * Nagaraja
 * Nagaveni
 * Nagendran
 * Nagesh
 * Naintara
 * Nakul
 * Nameer
 * Namratha
 * Nandini
 * Nandita
 * Narayan
 * Narayana
 * Narayanan
 * Naren
 * Naresh
 * Narendra
 * Naveed
 * Naveen — new
 * Neal
 * Neel
 * Neelam
 * Neeli
 * Neelima
 * Neema
 * Neeraj
 * Neeraja
 * Neha
 * Nehal — rainy / handsome / little tree / source of life (in arabic)
 * Nihal
 * Nihar
 * Nihit
 * Nikhil
 * Nikhil
 * Nilay
 * Nilesh
 * Nina
 * Ninad
 * Nisarg
 * Nisha — Yamini
 * Nishant
 * Nisheet
 * Nitin
 * Nitish
 * Nivedita
 * Nupur
 * Nutan

O

 * Om
 * Om Prakash
 * Onkar

P

 * Padma
 * Padmanabh
 * Palak
 * Pallavi — first stanza of song (sets the basic tune)
 * Parag
 * Paramjit
 * Paras
 * Parna
 * Parthasarathi
 * Parvati
 * Pompy
 * Pooja (also Puja)
 * Poornima
 * Prabha
 * Prachi
 * Pradeep
 * Prafulla
 * Pragati
 * Pragya
 * Prahlad
 * Prajakta
 * Prajna
 * Prakash
 * Pramila
 * Pramit
 * Pramod
 * Pran
 * Pranav
 * Pranay
 * Pranil
 * Praneel
 * Prapanna
 * Prarthna
 * Prasad
 * Prasanna
 * Prashant
 * Prathap
 * Pratibha
 * Pratik
 * Pratiksha
 * Pratima
 * Pratyush
 * Praveen
 * Preeta
 * Preetam
 * Preethi — dear one
 * Preeti
 * Prem
 * Prema
 * Pritam
 * Prithwish
 * Priya — dear one Prakash (brightness/sun)
 * Priyadarshini
 * Priyamvadha
 * Priyanka
 * Priysabratha
 * Protima
 * Purnima
 * Purnam
 * Purvi
 * Puganeshwary
 * Puga

Q

 * Qutubpratyush — first light of sun
 * Qismat — luck

R

 * Rahul
 * Radhalakshmi
 * Radhika
 * Raghu
 * Raghuram
 * Rahul
 * Raja — king
 * Rajalakshmi
 * Rajani
 * Rajarajeshwari
 * Rajaraman
 * Rajasekhar
 * Rajat
 * Rajesh
 * Rajnigandha
 * Rajini (also Rajani)
 * Raju
 * Rajul
 * Raka
 * Rakesh
 * Ram
 * Rama
 * Raman
 * Ramachandra
 * Ramakanth
 * Ramakrishna
 * Raman
 * Ramani
 * Ramdev
 * Ramesh
 * Rameshwara
 * Ramu
 * Rani — queen
 * Ranjini
 * Ranjit
 * Rashmi
 * Rasika
 * Rathnakar
 * Raveena
 * Ritesh
 * Ravi
 * Ravikiran
 * Rawan
 * Rekha — line
 * Renu
 * Richa
 * Rishab (or Rishabh)
 * Rishad
 * Rishi
 * Rishikant — Muni
 * Rishikesh
 * Rohan
 * Rohini — star (characteristics: beauty, glow, and artistic)
 * Rohit
 * Romil
 * Roshini
 * Rucha
 * Ruchi
 * Rudra
 * Rugmani
 * Rukmani

S

 * Sabyasachi
 * Sachin
 * Sachita
 * Sadhana
 * Sagnik
 * Saket
 * Saketh — Rama (as in Saketha Rama)
 * Samarchita
 * Sameer
 * Samir
 * Sampada
 * Samyukta
 * Sandeep/Sandip
 * Sanjay
 * Sanjeev — one with long life
 * Sanjeevini — the medicinal Parvatham (mountain) which saved
 * Sankalp
 * Santhanalakshmi
 * Santhosh — happiness
 * Sapan
 * Sara
 * Sarasvati
 * Sarwagya
 * Satya
 * Satyanarayana
 * Saumya
 * Saurav
 * Sayali
 * Seetha
 * Shailaja — Goddess Parvati Devi
 * Shailendra
 * Shalaka
 * Shalmali
 * Shamira
 * Shamsunder
 * Shankar
 * Shanta
 * Shanti
 * Sharad
 * Sharada
 * Sharath
 * Sharmeela (or Sharmila)
 * Shashank
 * Shashi
 * Shaunak
 * Shauni
 * Sheela — Patthar
 * Sheetal
 * Shefali
 * Shekhar
 * Sheshi
 * Sheshikala
 * Shiladitya
 * Shilpa
 * Shilpi
 * Shilu — Sheela
 * Shirishgauri
 * Shiva
 * Shivam
 * Shivani
 * Shivankush
 * Shivranjani
 * Shobha
 * Shraddha
 * Shree
 * Shreedhan
 * Shreerang
 * Shreya
 * Shreyas
 * Shridhar
 * Shrinath
 * Shrinivas
 * Shruti
 * Shubhada
 * Shubhashree
 * Shuili
 * Shunmugha Priya
 * Shweta (also Shwetha)
 * Shyam
 * Shyamala
 * Siddharth
 * Siddhartha — Vishnumurthy
 * Sita
 * Sitaram
 * Smitha
 * Sneha
 * Snigdha
 * Soheb
 * Soma
 * Sooraj — sun
 * Soumen
 * Soumitra
 * Soumya
 * Sowjanya — tenderness, goodness, and courtesy
 * Sravan
 * Sridhar
 * Srihith — one with good heart
 * Srikanth
 * Srinath
 * Srinivas
 * Sripathi
 * Sriram
 * Subrahmanyam
 * Subramani
 * Subramanya
 * Sucharitha
 * Sudha
 * Sudhakar — the moon
 * Sudhir
 * Suhani
 * Sujit
 * Suman
 * Sumathi
 * Sumeet
 * Sunaina
 * Sunayana
 * Sunil
 * Sunipa
 * Suraj
 * Surendhar
 * Suresh
 * Surya — sun
 * Sushir
 * sushruth

T

 * Tajinder
 * Tanvi
 * Tapas
 * Tara
 * Tarun
 * Thamizhselvan
 * Thamizhselvi
 * Theerth — thirst
 * Tina
 * Trilokesh
 * Trivikram
 * Trupti
 * Trushar
 * Tushar

U

 * Ujwala
 * Ulaganathan
 * Uma — Parvathi Devi
 * Umesh
 * Urmila
 * Urvasi
 * Urvi
 * Usha
 * Utkarsha
 * Utpala
 * Uday
 * Udaya
 * Udayan

V

 * Vagish
 * Vaibhav
 * Vaidehi
 * Vaijayanti
 * Vaishali
 * Vaishnavi
 * Vaman
 * Vandana
 * Vani — Saraswathi Devi
 * Vanya
 * Varad
 * Vardhman
 * Varna
 * Varsha — Rain
 * Varun
 * Vasudha
 * Vibhu
 * Vidhi
 * Vidhya
 * Vidya
 * Vijay
 * Vijaya
 * Vijesh
 * Vikalpa
 * Vikas
 * Vikram
 * Vinatha
 * Vinay
 * Vinod
 * Vinu
 * Viraj
 * Vishal
 * Vishnu
 * Vishruth
 * Viswanath
 * Vivek
 * Viveka

W

 * Wasim
 * Waqar
 * Waajid

X

 * Xavierdas (Indian version of Xavier)

Y

 * Yadwinder
 * Yamini — night
 * Yamuna
 * Yash
 * Yashoda
 * Yashovardhan
 * Yashpal
 * Yajur
 * Yeshawant
 * Yeshoda

Z

 * Zeba