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Indian baby names.

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Aamir

عامر

Prosperous, substantial, populated

OriginArabic
Pronunciation

/ˈʕaː.mir/ (Arabic)

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Aarav

आरव

crying, howling, noise [1]; peaceful, calm [5]

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/aː.ɾəʋ/ (Hindi) [1]

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Abhay

अभय

Fearless, courageous, bold

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/ə.bʱəj/ (Standard Hindi)

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Abhinav

अभिनव (Devanagari)

new, fresh, young

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/ə.bʱɪ.nəʋ/ (Standard Hindi)

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Abhishek

अभिषेक

anointing, consecration, coronation

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

[ɐbʰɪʂeːkɐ] (Sanskrit), [əbʰɪʂeːk] (Hindi), "ABH‑eye‑SHEK" (English approximation)

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Aditi

अदिति (Devanagari) [1]

Boundless, entire, freedom, security (Sanskrit) [1]

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/ˈɐ.d̪i.t̪i/ (Sanskrit) [1]

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Aditya

आदित्य (Devanagari) [1][3]

Belonging to Aditi; also a name for the sun god Surya [1]

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/ɑː.ˈd̪it̪.jɐ/ (Sanskrit) ; "uh‑DIH‑tyuh" (common English) [1][8]

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Aisha

Arabic عائشة; Urdu عائشہ [1]

living, alive [1][7]

OriginArabic
Pronunciation

Arabic /ˈʕaː.ʔi.ʃa/; English /aɪˈiːʃə/ or /ˈaɪʃə/ [1][2]

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Akash

आकाश

sky, open space, ether

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

AH‑kahsh

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Akhil

Devanagari: अखिल

entire, whole, complete [1][2]

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

IPA ˈæ.khɪl (English) [3]

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Akshara

अक्षर (Devanagari)

imperishable, indestructible, fixed, firm

OriginSanskrit
Pronunciation

/ˈɐk.ʂɐ.ɾɐ/ (Sanskrit, Malayalam); /ˈak.ʂa.ra/ (Telugu)

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Amandeep

ਅਮਨਦੀਪ (Gurmukhi), अमनदीप (Devanagari)

lamp of peace; light; peace

OriginPunjabi, Sanskrit
Pronunciation

ah-MAHN-deep

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