Indian Baby Names and their Meanings
Girls (N-Z)

Nikhita – sharp
Nilasha – blueness
Nilaya – home
Nileen – surrendered
Nilima – blue
Niloufer – a celestial
Nina – lovely-eyed
Nipa – one who watches over
Niral – calm
Niranjana – a river; Goddess Durga; full moon
Nirmala – clean; virtuous
Nirmayi – without blemish
Nirupa – a decree; command
Nirupama – unique; uncomparable
Nisha – night
Nisha – night
Nishithini – night
Nishtha – devotion
Nishtha – faith
Nita – moral
Niti – morality
Nitya – constant
Nityapriya – ever pleasing
Nivedita – one dedicated to service
Nivedita – surrendered
Nivritti – nonattachment
Niyati – fate
Noopur – anklet
Noor – light
Noorjehan – light of the world
Nupura – anklet
Nusrat – help
Nutan – new
Ojal – vision
Ojaswini – lustrous
Omana – a woman
Padma – Goddess Lakshmi
Padma – Lotus
Padmaja – Lakshmi
Padmajai – Born from lotus; Lakshmi
Padmakali – lotus bud
Padmal – lotus
Padmalaya – lake of lotuses
Padmalochana – lotuseyed
Padmavati – Goddess Lakshmi
Padmini – lotus
Pakhi – bird
Pakshi – bird
Pallavi – new leaves
Pallavi – New leaves
Pallavini – with new leaves
Panchali – Draupadi’s name
Pankaja Lotus
Panna – emerald
Parama – the best
Parameshwari – Goddess Durga
Paramita – wisdom
Parbarti – surrender
Pari – fairy
Paridhi – realm
Parinita – Expert
Parnal – leafy
Parnashri – leafy beauty
Parni – leafy
Parnik – creeper
Parnika – A small leaf; parvati
Parthivi – Sita
Parul – name of a flower
Parvani – full moon; a festival or special day
Parvati – Durga
Parveen – star
Patmanjari – a raga
Patralekha – a name from ancient epics
Pavana – Holy; sacred
Pavani – Hanuman
Payal – anklet
Payal – Foot ornament
Payoja – lotus
Phiroza – turquoise
Phoolan – flower
Pia – beloved
Piki – cuckoo
Pingala – Lakshmi
Pival – a tree
Piyali – a tree
Pooja – worship
Poonam – Full moon
Poorbi – eastern
Poornima – Full moon
Poorvi – classical melody
Poushali – of the month Poush
Prabha – lustrous
Prabhati – of the morning
Prachi – Morning
Pradeepta – glowing
Pragati – Progress
Pragya – Prowess
Pragya – wisdom
Pragyaparamita – wise
Pragyawati – a wise woman
Prama – knowledge of truth
Pramada – woman
Pramila – one of Arjuna’s wives
Pramiti – knowledge of truth
Pranati – prayer
Prapti – gain
Prarthana – prayer
Prashansa – prasie
Prashanti – peace
Pratibha – Talent
Pratigya – Pledge; vow
Pratima – Icon; idol; statue
Pratishtha – preeminence
Preeti – love
Prem – love
Prema – Love
Premala – loving
Prerana – Inspiration
Preyasi – beloved
Prita – dear one
Pritha – Kunti; mother of Pandavas
Priti – Love
Pritika – dear one
Pritikana – an atom of love
Pritilata – a creeper of love
Priya – beloved
Priyadarshini – Delightful to look at
Priyal – beloved
Priyam – beloved
Priyamvada – sweet spoken
Priyanka – Beautiful act; symbol or body
Puja – worship
Pujita – worshipped
Puloma – wife of the sage Bhrigu
Punam – full moon
Punarnava – a star
Punita – pure
Punita Pure; holy
Punthali – A doll
Purnima – Full moon
Purva – East
Purvaja – elder sister
Pushpa – flower
Pushpanjali – flower offering
Pushpita – decorated with flowers
Pusti – Nourishment; endorsement
Putul – doll
Quarrtulain – God’s mercy
Quasar – meteor
Raakhi – symbol of protection;full moon in the Sravan month
Rabia – famous; godly
Rachana – creation
Rachita – created
Rachna – construction; arrangement
Radha – Krishna’s lover; prosperity
Radhika – Radha
Ragini – a melody
Rajalakshmi – Goddess lakshmi
Rajani – night
Rajanigandha – night blossoming scented flower
Rajata – silver
Rajdulari – dear princess
Rajeshwari – goddess Parvati
Rajhans – swan
Rajkumari – princess
Rajnandhini – princess
Rajshri – sage-like king
Raka – full moon
Rakhi – thread of brother-sister bonding
Raksha – protection
Rama – Goddess Lakshmi
Ramani – beautiful girl
Ramani – woman
Rambha – celestial dancer
Rameshwari – Parvati
Ramita – pleasing
Ramya – beautiful
Rangana – a flower
Rani – Queen; Princess
Ranita – tinkling
Ranjana – delightful
Ranjini – pleasing
Ranjita – adorned
Rashi – collection
Rashmi – a ray of light
Rashmika – ray of light
Rasika – connosseur
Rasna – the tongue
Rati – most beautiful lady; wife of cupid
Ratna – gem
Ratnabala – jewelled
Ratnabali – string of pearls
Ratnajyouti – lustrous jewel
Ratnalekha – splendour of jewels
Ratnali – a jewelled
Ratnamala – string of pearls
Ratnangi – jewel-bodied
Ratnaprabha – lustrous jewel
Ratnapriya – lover of jewels
Ratnavali – a bunch of gems
Raviprabha – light of the sun
Rekha – line
Renu – atom
Renuka – mother of Parasurma; the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu
Renuka – wife of Jamadagni rishi
Resham – silk
Reshma – silken
Reshmi – silken
Reva – a star
Revati – a star
Richa – verses of Sanskrit
Riddhi – good fortune
Riju – innocent
Rijuta – innocence
Rishika – saintly
Riti – memory; well being
Ritu – season
Rohini – a star
Roma – Lakshmi
Roshan – bright
Roshni – brightness
Rubaina – bright
Ruchi – lustre; beauty
Ruchira – beautiful
Rudrani – a wife of Shiva – Rudra
Rudrapriya – Goddess Durga
Rujuta – honesty; sincerity
Rukma – golden
Rukmini – consort of Lord Krishna
Ruksana – brilliant
Ruma – wife a Sugriva
Rupa – beauty
Rupali – beautiful; pretty
Rupashi – beautiful
Rupashri – beautiful
Sachi – wife of Lord Indra
Sachita – Consciousness
Sadaf – pearl
Sadgati – liberation
Sadguna – good virtues
Sadhan – fulfulment
Sadhana – worship
Sadhika – achiever
Sadhvi – virtuous woman
Sadiqua – kindly
Saeeda – priestly
Safia – chaste
Sagarika – wave; born in the ocean
Saguna – possessed of good qualities
Saguna – Virtuous
Sahana – Patience
Saheli – friend
Sahiba – the lady
Sahila – guide
Sai – a flower
Sajala – clouds
Sajni – beloved
Sakhi – friend
Sakina – friend
Salena – the moon
Salila – Water
Salima – happy
Salma – peace
Samata – equality
Sameena – happy
Samhita – a vedic omposition
Samidha – an offering for a sacred fire
Samiksha – Analysis
Samit – collected
Samita – collected
Sampada – wealthy
Sampatti – wealth
Sampriti – attachement
Sana – praise; prayer
Sananda – happy
Sanchali – movement
Sanchaya – collection
Sanchita – collection
Sandhaya – collection
Sandhya – dusk; twilight
Sangita – Music
Saniya – moment
Sanjana – gentle
Sanjivani – immortality
Sanjukta – Union
Sanjula – beautiful
Sanjushree – beautiful
Sankul – full of
Sannidhi – nearness
Sanskriti – culture
Santawana – consolation
Santayani – of the evening
Sanvali – dusky
Sanwari – dusky
Sanyakta – joined; united
Sanyukta – Union
Saparna – leafy
Saphala – Successful
Sapna – Dream
Sarada – Goddess Saraswati
Sarakshi – good sight
Sarala – straight; honest
Sarama – wife of Bibhisan
Saranya – surrendered
Sarasa – Swan
Sarasi – lake
Sarasvati – goddess of learning
Saraswati – goddess of learning
Saravati – river
Sarayu – a holy river
Sarbani – Goddess Durga
Sarika – parrot
Sarit – river
Sarita – River
Sarjana – creative; creation
Saroj – lotus
Saroja – Lotus
Sarojini – lotus
Saruprani – beautiful woman
Saryu – River Sharayu
Sashi – Moon
Sasmita – smiling
Sati – chaste woman
Satya – truth
Satyaki – one who is truthful
Satyarupa – truth; personified
Satyavati – truthful
Saudamini – lightning
Saumya – Mild
Savarna – Daughter of the Ocean
Savita – Sun
Savitashri – lustre of the sun
Savitri – a river; Goddess Saraswati
Sawini – a river
Sayeeda – leader
Seema – boundary
Seemanti – parting line
Seemantini – woman
Seerat – inner beauty; fame
Sejal – river water
Selma – fair
Semanti – a white rose
Serena – quiet
Sevati – white rose
Sevita – cherished
Shabab – beauty
Shabalini – a mossy
Shabana – decorated
Shabari – a tribal devotee of Lord Rama
Shabnum – sew
Shachi – wife of Lord Indra
Shagufta – flowering
Shaheena – tender
Shaila – Rock; mountain
Shaili – style
Shakambari – Goddess Parvati
Shakeel – handsome
Shakeela – beautiful
Shakti – Goddess Durga; power
Shakuntala – brought up by birds
Shalaka – Goddess Parvati
Shalin – silk-cottom tree
Shalini – modest
Shalini – Modesty
Shalmali – silk-cottom tree
Shama – a flame
Shambhavi – Goddess Parvati
Shameena – beautiful
Shamim – fire
Shamita – peacemaker
Shampa – lightning
Shankari – Goddess Parvati
Shankhamala – a fairytale princess
Shanta – Peaceful
Shantala – Goddess Parvati
Shanti – Peace
Sharada – Goddess of learning; Saraswati
Sharadini – autumn
Sharanya – surrender
Sharika – Goddess Durga
Sharmila – Modest
Sharmistha – wife of Yayat
Sharmistha – Wife of Yayati
Sharvani – Goddess Parvati
Sharvari – the night
Shashi – the moon
Shashibala – the moon
Shashirekha – moon’s ray
Shaswati – eternal
Shatarupa – Lord Shiva
Sheela – cool
Sheetal – Cool
Shefali – a flower
Shefalika – a flower
Shejali – a fruit
Shekhar – Lord Shiva
Shevanti – a flower
Shibani – Goddess Durga
Shikha – Flame
Shilavati(a river
Shilpa – Rock
Shilpita – well- proportioned
Shinjini – anklebells
Shipra – a river
Shirin – sweet
Shishirkana – particles of dew
Shiuli – a flower
Shivangi – beautiful
Shivani – Goddess Parvati
Shobha – Attractive
Shobha – splendour
Shobhana – splendid
Shobhita – splendid
Shobhna – Ornamental; shining
Shorashi – young woman
Shrabana – a star
Shraddha – veneration
Shradhdha – Faith; trust
Shravana – a star
Shravani – month of Shravan
Shravanti – name from Buddhist literature
Shravasti – ancient Indian city
Shree – Goddess Lakshmi
Shreela – beautiful
Shreemayi – fortunate
Shreeparna – tree
Shreya – Auspicious
Shreyashi – good
Shri – lustre
Shridevi – goddess
Shridula – blessing
Shrigauri – goddess Parvati
Shrigeeta – sacred Geeta
Shrijani – creative
Shrikirti – lustrous fame
Shrikumari – lustrious
Shrilata – lustrious creeper
Shrilekha – lustrious essay
Shrimati – Goddess lakshmi; fortunate
Shrimayi – fortunate
Shrivalli – Goddess Lakshmi
Shruti – Expert in Vedas
Shruti – hearing; Veidc text
Shubha – Auspicious
Shubhada – giver of luck
Shubhangi – handsome
Shubhra – white; the Ganga
Shuchismita – one who has a pure smile
Shuchita – purity
Shukla – Goddess Saraswati
Shukti – pearl-oyster
Shulka – Goddess Saraswati
Shweta – white
Shyama – dark as cloud; Goddess kali
Shyamal – dusky
Shyamala – dusky
Shyamali – dusky
Shyamalika – dusky
Shyamalima – dusky
Shyamangi – dark-complexioned
Shyamari – dusky
Shyamasri – dusky
Shyamlata – a creeper with dusky leaves
Shyla – Goddess parvati
Sibani – goddess parvati
Siddheshwari – Lord Shiva
Siddhi – Achievement
Siddhima – achievement
Sikata – sand
Sikta – wet
Simran – remembrance
Simrit – remembered
Sindhu – ocean; river
Sinsapa – Ashok tree
Sita – wife of Lord Rama
Sitara – a star
Siya – Sita
Smaram – remembrance
Smita – smiling
Smrita – remembered
Smriti – memory
Sneh – Love
Sneha – affection
Snehal – friendly
Snehalata – creeper of love
Snigdha – Smooth; tender
Sohalia – moon glow
Sohni – beautiful
Soma – moon ray
Somalakshmi – lustre of the moon
Somansh – half moon
Somatra – Excelling the moon/font>
Sona – Gold
Sonakshi – golden eyed
Sonal – golden
Sonali – golden
Sonia – Golden
Sonika – golden
Soorat – beauty
Soumya – handsome
Sourabhi – fragrance; the celestial cow
Sreedevi – Goddess Lakshmi
Sridevi – Goddess Lakshmi
Sristi – creation
Stavita – praised
Stuti – praise
Subarna – of the colour of gold
Subhadra – source of great welfare
Subhaga – fortunate person
Subhagya – lucky
Subhashini – well-spoken
Subhuja – Auspicious Apsara
Subrata – devoted to what is right
Suchandra – beautiful
Sucharita – of good character
Sucheta – with a beautiful mind
Suchi – radiant
Suchira – tasteful
Suchita – Beautiful
Suchitra – Beautiful image
Sudakshima – wife of king Dilip
Sudarshana – handsome
Sudeepa – bright
Sudeepta – bright
Sudeshna – wife of king Virata
Sudevi – Wife of Krishna
Sudha – Nectar
Sudhamayi – full of nectar
Sudhira – calm
Sudipta – bright
Sudipti – brightness
Sugita – beautifully sung
Sugouri – Goddess Parvati
Suhag – love
Suhaila – moon-glow
Suhasini – ever-smiling
Suhina – beautiful
Suhrita – well-disposed
Sujala – affectionate
Sujata – good caste
Sujaya – victory
Sukanya – comely
Sukeshi – with beautiful hari
Sukriti – good deed
Suksma – Fine
Sukumari – soft; meritorious
Sulabha – easy; natural
Sulakshana – well brought up
Sulalita – very pleasing
Sulekh – beautifullY
Suloch – one with beautiful eyes
Sulochana – one with beautiful eyes
Sultana – queen
Sumana – Good natured
Sumanolata – flowery
Sumati – wisdom
Sumedha – wise
Sumita – a good friend
Sumitra – mother of Lakshmana
Sunanda – very pleasing
Sunandini – happy
Sunandita – happy
Sunayana – a woman with lovely eyes
Sunayani – a woman with lovely eyes
Sundari – beautiful
Sundha – character in Ramayana
Suneeti – mother of Dhruva
Sunetra – beautiful eyes
Sunila – blue
Sunita – Good morals
Suniti – good principles
Suparna – leafy
Suprabha – radiant
Supriti – true love
Supriya – Beloved
Surabhi – Wish-yielding cow; fragrance
Suraksha – protection
Surama – very pleasing
Suranjana – pleasing
Suravinda – A beautiful Yaksa
Surekha – beautifully drawn
Surina – goddess
Surotama – Auspicious Apsara
Suruchi – good taste
Surupa – Beautiful
Suryakanti – sun’s rays
Sushama – beauty
Sushanti – peace
Sushila – well behaved
Sushma – Beautiful woman
Sushmita – Good smile
Sushobhana – beautiful
Susita – white
Susmita – smiling
Sutanuka – beautiful
Sutapa – seeker of God
Suvarna – golden
Suvarnaprabha – lustre of gold
Suvarnarekha – ray of gold
Suvarnmala – gold necklace
Swagata – welcome
Swaha – wife of Agni; lord of the fire
Swapna – dreamlike; dream
Swapnali – dreamlike
Swapnasundari – girl of dreams
Swarnalata – lustrous
Swarupa – truth
Swasti – a star
Swati – a star
Sweta Fair complexioned
Tabassum – a flower
Tamali – a tree with very dark bark
Tamalika – belonging to a place full of Tamal
Tamanna – desire
Tamasa – a river; darkness
Tamasi – night
Tambura – a musical instrument
Tanaya – son
Tanika – rope
Tanima – slenderness
Tanmaya – absorbed
Tannishtha – dedicated
Tanseem – salute of paradise
Tanu – body
Tanuja – daughter
Tanuka – slender
Tanushri – beautiful
Tanushri – beauty
Tanvi – a delicate girl
Tapani – the river Godavari
Tapasi – a female ascetic
Tapati – the sun’s daughter
Tapi – name of a river
Tapti – a river
Tara – star; wife of Lord Brihaspati
Taraka – star
Tarakeshwari – Goddess Parvati
Tarakini – starry night
Tarala – honeybee
Tarana – music like
Tarangini – a river
Tarannum – melody
Tarika – starlet
Tarini – Goddess Parvati
Tarjani – the first finger
Taru – tree
Tarulata – creeper
Taruni – young girl
Tarunika – young girl
Tarunima – youth
Tatini – river
Teertha – place of pilgrimage
Teesta – a river
Tehzeeb – elegance Tejal – lustrous
Teja – radiant
Tejaswi – lustrous
Tejaswini – lustrous
Thumri – light classical melody
Tilaka – a kind of necklace
Tilottama – a celestial maiden
Timila – a musical
Titiksha – forgiveness
Toral – a folk heroine
Tridhara – the river Ganga
Triguna – maya or illusion; Goddess Durga
Triguni – the three dimensions
Trikaya – three dimentional
Trilochana – Lord Shiva
Trinayani – Goddess Durga
Trinetra – Goddess Durga
Triparna – leaf of sacred Bael
Tripta – satisfied
Tripti – satisfaction
Tripurasundari – Goddess Parvati
Tripuri – Goddess Paravati
Trisha – thirst
Trishala – mother of Lord Mahavir
Trishna – thirst
Triveni – confluence of three sacred rivers
Triyama – night
Trupti – satiatedness
Trusha – thirst
Tuhina – snow
Tulasi – the sacred basil
Tulika – brush
Tusharkana – a particle of snow
Tusti – peace; happiness
Udaya – dawn
Udita – one who has risen
Uditi – rising
Ujas – bright
Ujjala – bright
Ujjanini – an ancient city
Ujjwala – bright; lustrous
Ujwala – bright
Ulka – meteor
Ulupi – wife of Arjuna; the Pandava prince
Uma – Goddess Parvati
Uma – Parvati
Umika – Goddess Parvati
Umrao – noble
Unnati – progress
Upala – sandy shore
Upama – simile
Upasana – veneration
Ura – the heart
Urja – energy
Urmi – wave
Urmil – wife of Lakshmana, Lord Rama’s brother
Urmila – wife of Lakshmana, Lord Rama’s brother
Urmimala – garland of waves
Urna – cover
Urshita – firm
Urvashi – a celestial maiden
Urvasi – most beautiful of Apsaras
Urvi – earth
Usha – dawn; sun rise
Ushakiran – rays of morning sun
Ushakiran – the first rays
Ushashi – morning
Ushma – eat
Usri – a river
Utpala – lotus
Utpalini – lotus pond
Utsa – spring
Uttara – daughter of king Virata
Vagdevi – Goddess Sarawati
Vahini – flowing
Vaidehi – name of Sita
Vaijayanti – a garland of Lord Vishnu
Vaijayantimala – a garland of Lord Vishnu
Vaishali – an ancient city of India
Vaishali – name of an ancient city
Vaishavi – Goddess Parvati
Vaishnodevi – Goddess Parvati
Vajra – diamond
Vallari – Goddess Parvati; creeper
Valli – creeper Vama – woman
Vallika – creeper
Vanadurga – Goddess Parvati
Vanaja – a forest girl
Vanamala – garland of forests
Vanani – forest
Vandana – salute
Vandana – worship
Vanhi – fire
Vanhishikha – flame
Vani – muse; Goddess Saraswati
Vanita – woman
Vanmala – wildflower garland
Varada – Goddess Lakshmi
Varana – a river
Vari – water; sea
Varija – lotus
Varsha – rain
Varuna – wife of the lord of the sea; name of a river
Varuni – a goddess
Varuni – wife of the lord of the sea; Goddess Durga Vasanti
Vasanta – spring
Vasavi – wife of Indra
Vasudha – the earth
Vasudhara – Earth
Vasumati – unequalled splendour
Vasundhara – the earth
Vatsala – affectionate
Vedi – altar
Vedika – altar; a river
Vedvalli – joy of the Vedas
Veena – a musical instrument – Beena
Veenapani – Goddess Saraswati
Vela – time
Vetravati – a river in India
Vibha – radiance
Vibhavari – starry night
Vibhuti – great personality
Vidhut – electricity
Vidula – moon
Vidya – wisdom; knowledge
Vidyul – lightning
Vidyut – lightning
Vijaya – victorious
Vijayalakshmi – goddess of victory
Vijeta – victorious
Vijul – a silk-cottom tree
Vilasini – playful
Vilina – dedicated
Vimala – pure
Vinanti – prayer; request
Vinata – humble; mother of Garuda
Vinaya – modest
Vindhya – knowledge
Vineeta – humble
Vinita – requester
Vinoda – pleasing
Vinodini – happy girl
Vinodini – pleasing
Vipasa – a river
Vipula – plenty
Virata – bravery
Visala – celestial Apsara
Vishakha – a star
Vishala – wide; spacious
Vishalakshi – large-eyed
Vishaya – subject
Vishnumaya – Goddess Parvati
Vishnupriya – Goddess Lakshmi
Viveka – right
Vrajabala – girl from Mathura and its neighbourhood
Vrinda – tulsi; basil; Radha
Vritti – nature; temperament
Vrunda – tulsi; basil; Radha
Waheeda – beautiful
Wamika – Goddess Durga
Wamil – beautiful
Yaksha – a Sister of Daksha
Yamini – night
Yamuna – Indian River
Yamuna – Jamuna river
Yamune – Indian River
Yashaswini – one who is successful
Yashawini – successful lady
Yashila – famous
Yashoda – Krishna’s mother
Yasmeen – Jasmine flower
Yasmin – Jasmine flower
Yasmina – Jasmine flower
Yasmine – Jasmine flower
Yatee – Goddess Durga
Yauvani – Youthful
YaVonne – Indian for beautiful
Yogini – one who can control senses
Yogita – one who can concentrate
Yojana – A unit of measure for long distances; A Plan
Yuvati – young woman
Zahra – beautiful; fair in colour
Zarine – golden
Zeenat – beauty

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