Girl
Chitra
चित्रा
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OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/ˈtʃɪt̪.ɾɑː/
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Malayalam baby names.
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Boy
Deepak
दीपक (Devanagari)
lamp; light
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/d̪iː.pək/ (Standard Hindi)
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Boy
Dinesh
Devanagari: दिनेश (Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) and other regional scripts [1]
"Lord of the day" / "Sun" (epithet of the Sun) [3][2][4][6]
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
Standard Hindi IPA /d̪ɪ.neːʃ/; English approximation DIN‑esh /ˈdɪn.ɛʃ/ [2][4]
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Boy
Hari
हरि (Sanskrit) [1]
‘yellow, tawny’ and ‘the one who takes away (sins)’ [1][4]
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/ˈɦɐ.ɾi/ (Sanskrit) [1]
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Boy
Ishaan
ईशान
Sun; lord; presiding deity of the northeast direction
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/ɪʃɑːn/ (American & British English)
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Boy
Karthik
கார்த்திக் (Tamil), కార్తీక్ (Telugu), കാർത്തിക് (Malayalam)
One who is brave; name of the war‑god Kartikeya
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
KAR‑tik
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Unisex
Kiran
किरण (Devanagari)
Ray of light / sunbeam
OriginSanskrit
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Girl
Leela
लीला
play; divine play
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
LEE‑lah; LEE‑lə
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Girl
Meera
मीरा (Hindi), മീര (Malayalam), மீரா (Tamil), ಮೀರಾ (Kannada) [1]
sea, ocean [1]
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
meeh‑rah (English approximation) [4]
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Girl
Nandini
नन्दिनी
Daughter; she who delights; a woman who brings joy
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/ˈnɑn.dɪ.niː/ (English) ; /nən.d̪ɪ.niː/ (Hindi)
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Boy
Naveen
नवीन (Devanagari) [1]
new, fresh, young, bright, creative [1][2]
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
na‑VEEN (IPA: /nəˈviːn/) [2]
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Girl
Neha
नेहा (Devanagari) [1]
love, affection (from Sanskrit sneha) – also linked to rain/downpour (alternative derivation) [1][3][4]
OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation
/neː.ɦɑː/ (IPA) [3]
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