"Fragrance"; Arabic ʿabīr, a saffron perfume
Bengali girl names
Girl names Bengali families use today, written in Bengali script.
177 names: 172 for girls and 5 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, the Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary and Platts' Urdu, Hindi and English dictionary. Two are modern names that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Amrita ("immortal, nectar"), Arpita ("offered") and Sonali ("golden").
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Boundless, free; the Vedic mother of the gods
"Born of the mountain", a name of Parvati
"Respected, honoured"
"Illuminating"; from Persian afroz, "kindling, lighting up"
Dawn, the first light of morning
"Daughter of Indra" in popular use; Bengali dictionary: Vritra's wife
"Belonging to Shiva"; a name of Durga
Sovereignty, power; also wealth and prosperity
Bengal's festive floor art; often glossed "decoration"
"Immortal"; the nectar of the gods
Unique; no other
"Irreproachable, virtuous"
Marked, bearing a sign
"Inner, within"; also a section of a song
Grace, favour; a Russian pet form of Anna
"Radiance, beauty", from Sanskrit śrī
"Radiant, full of light"; feminine of Anwar, from Arabic nūr
"A quest, a search"
"Unconquered"; a name of Durga
A name of Parvati, who fasted even from leaves
"Incomparably beautiful" (Bengali)
"Lamp of evening worship"
"Offered" or "dedicated"
"Limitless" or "boundless"
"Flax flower"
"Of the family of sage Atri"; also a Bengal river
Avantikā, an old name of Ujjain; popularly "princess of Ujjain"
"Of Baishakh", the first month of the Bengali year
A great, wide forest
"Spectrum, a row of colours"; Bengali barṇālī
"Given by Indra"; the legendary queen of King Udayana
"Shining, radiant"; a Sanskrit name of the dawn
"She who holds the vina", a name of Saraswati
The river Beas; Sanskrit vipāśā, "free of fetters"
"Creeper, flowering vine"; Sanskrit vratati
"Of the spring month Chaitra"
"Moonlight"
"Made of pure consciousness"
"Delight of the gods"; Sanskrit devarati
"Having a divine smile"; Sanskrit devasmitā
"Absorbed in God"; Sanskrit deva + līnā
"Dear to the gods"
"Divine beauty" in popular use; Sanskrit deva + śrī
Daughter of the sage Shukra in the Mahabharata; "leading to the gods"
"Adorned with lamps"; the Bengali name for Diwali night
"Full of light, radiant"
"A lamp, light"
"Magpie robin", the songbird of Bengal
"Wise, scholar" in popular use; Sanskrit gārgī, "descendant of Garga"
A Bengali name built on gīta, "song"; lists give "melodious"
Of early winter; Sanskrit haimantī, "wintry"
Golden; Sanskrit hiraṇmayī, "made of gold"
Heart; Hindi and Bengali hiyā
Conqueror of Indra
"Wife of Indra", queen of the gods
Desired, wished for; Sanskrit īpsita
"Parvati" in popular use; Sanskrit īśānī, a name of Durga
"Desired" in popular use; Sanskrit īśitā, "supremacy"
Usually given as "victorious", from jaya, "victory"
A modern name, usually given as "victorious"
A waterfall or spring
A sudden, soft flash of light
"Sweet low murmur, birds' chirping"; Sanskrit kākalī
"A small lotus"
"Bracelet"; Sanskrit kaṅkaṇa
"Particle, atom"; also an ear of corn
A form of the goddess Durga; also a raga
The sacred Kaveri river of South India
"The fragrant screwpine (ketaki) flower"
"Ferry"; Bengali kheyā, also a Tagore title
"Garland of rays"
"Cuckoo", the singing koel bird
"A dark flower bud"; the krishnakali flower
Krishna the moon; Sanskrit kṛṣṇa with indu, "moon"
"The Pleiades", the star cluster
"Mist, fog"; Bengali kuhelī
Beauty, loveliness, charm
"Script, writing"
"Wife of the sage Agastya", a woman seer of the Rigveda
"Sweet verse"; name of a Vedic seer
"Sweet friend" in popular use; built on Sanskrit madhu, "sweet"
"Tulsi leaf" in popular use; Sanskrit, "sweet leaf"
"Sweet smile"
"Dazzling white"; a name of Saraswati and Durga
The mahua tree and its sweet flowers; Sanskrit madhūka
"Friendly"; the learned wife of the sage Yajnavalkya
"Princess of Malwa" in popular use; Kalidasa's heroine Mālavikā
"Sweet"
"Friendship"
"Estuary, mouth of a river"; Bengali mohanā
"Sweet friend"
"Of the monsoon, seasonal"; Bengali mausumi
"Made of earth"
"Earth, clay"
"Fresh butter"; Sanskrit navanīta
"A daughter"; popularly "delightful", from nand, to rejoice
"Jewel of the eye, apple of the eye"; nayana + maṇi
"Blue-eyed" in popular use; Sanskrit nīlāñjanā, "lightning"
The kadamba tree; also read as "protector" or "water jar"
"Dedicated"; Sanskrit nivedita, "offered, presented"
Divine, heavenly; from Sanskrit aiśa, "of the Lord"
"Bird"
Young shoots, new leaves; the opening of a song
"A songbird", the hawk-cuckoo
"Perfection"; literally "gone to the further shore"
A leaf (Sanskrit parṇa, also a wing or feather)
"Graceful" in popular use; Bengali pārul, a trumpet-flower
"Daughter of Puloman", Indra's wife Shachi
"Anklet"
"Of the piyal tree"; Bengali piyāl, Sanskrit priyāla
"Of the month of Paush", the Bengali winter month
"Inspiration"; Sanskrit preraṇā, "urging, impulse"
"A vine of love"
Dear, beloved; from Sanskrit priya
The east; Sanskrit pūrva, "eastern", + āśā, "quarter of the heavens"
"The patter of gentle rain"
"Leaf of the seasons"; name of a king in the Mahabharata
"Singer" or "graceful" in popular use; origin untraced
"Beautiful" in popular use; also a river in Bangladesh
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