Indian Baby Name

In addition to the online resources, you may want to take a look at some of the books on the subject. For example, Maneka Gandhi has authored a book called “Penguin Book of Hindu Names”, which is considered a good resource for Indian names.

You can also find a of list of Indian Baby Name Meanings, with a list of 941 Indian baby names at Baby Guide.

Indian Baby Name – Other Resources

In addition to the 941 names at this website, there are many baby name resources that offer baby name lists for Indian names.

Here are some of the additional resources for Indian names:

• BabyNamesIndia.com (name list)
• sulekha.com/quikbites/searchnames.asp (Indian name search engine)
• indiaexpress.com (names and their meanings)

The babynamesindia.com resource has a directory of names, sorted by the first letter and gender. This way, you can quickly find a name with your favored first letter. Also, if the gender is not known, you can browse the perfect names for both genders.

Sulekha.com is a name search engine more than a name list. If you have a name in mind the engine lets you find a meaning for it in a snap. The sites other feature is to find names based on criteria you choose:

• starting letter,
• gender,
• number of syllables,
• category (based on meaning).
• easiness to pronounce (don’t care/yes)
• unusual name (don’t care/yes)

IndiaExpress.com provides an Indian baby name list that includes the names’ meanings.


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