The star Ardra (Tiruvathirai); from Sanskrit ārdrā
Girl names
Girl names with meanings you can check, shown in their own script.
2,475 names: 2,274 for girls and 201 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon and the Mahan Kosh. 60 are modern names that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Cora ("maiden"), Malika ("queen") and Sofia ("wisdom").
98 of 2,475 names
"First"; in Sanskrit also a name of the goddess Durga
Good health and well-being; Arabic ʿāfiya, "soundness, safety"
"High, exalted, lofty"
"Flourishing, full of life"; feminine of Arabic ʿāmir
"The edge of a sari"; figuratively, a mother's shelter
"Adornment of the deity"
"Inexhaustible" or "gracious" in popular use; origin uncertain
A wave, a stream; a river
Ascending, rising; in music, the rising notes of a raga
The aarti: lamps waved in worship before a deity
"Dawn", the first light of the sun
A modern name, usually given as "peace"
Noble, honourable; a name of Parvati
"Smile" or "blessing" in popular use; Sanskrit āśī, "blessing, wish"
"Blessings"; Gujarati āśkā, taking the aarti's blessing
"Beloved" in popular use; Persian āshnā, "friend"
A modern name, usually given as "blessed, victorious"
"Faith, confidence"
"Star"; the Ardra nakshatra, Tamil atirai
"Fragrant"; from Arabic ʿiṭr, "perfume"
A modern name, usually given as "first rays of the sun"
"Fragrance"; Arabic ʿabīr, a saffron perfume
"Splendour, light"
"Fearless"
"Knowledgeable"; Sanskrit abhijña, "knowing, skilful"
"Desire, wish"
"Desire to attain"
"Expression" through gesture, as in classical dance
"Desire, longing"; from Sanskrit abhīps-, "to wish to obtain"
"Delightful, lovely"; the goddess of Thirukkadaiyur
"Worshipper"; feminine of Arabic ʿābid
"Source of joy"; popularly "father's joy"
"Her father"; from Umm Abiha, a title of Fatima
The aboli flower, the orange Crossandra of Maharashtra
"The earth"; literally "immovable"
"Ornament", from Hebrew Adah; also a short form of names meaning "noble"
"Son of Adam"; an English surname now used for girls
"Cultured, refined"; feminine of Arabic adīb
"Just, fair" in popular use; Arabic ʿadīl, "an equal"
"Noble", from the Germanic root adal
"Lightning"
"Just, fair"; feminine of Arabic ʿādil
Boundless, free; the Vedic mother of the gods
A modern name, usually given as "highest honour"
"Born of the mountain", a name of Parvati
The name of an apsaras, a celestial nymph of the Mahabharata
"Respected, honoured"
"Unique" in popular use; a modern name with no dictionary entry
"Chaste, virtuous"; feminine of Arabic ʿafīf
"Branches"; Arabic afnān, from Quran 55:48
"White, fair"; Arabic ʿafrāʾ, also the bright 13th night of the month
"Joys, happiness"; plural of Arabic faraḥ
"Praise" or "bravo!"; also "lovely" in popular use
"Illuminating"; from Persian afroz, "kindling, lighting up"
Story, tale, romance
Sprinkled gold glitter; Persian afshān, "scattering"
"Love for the unreachable One", that is, God
"Good", from Greek agathos
"Pure, chaste", from Greek hagnos
"Foremost, the leading one"
Wife of the sage Gautama in the Ramayana; "flawless"
Dawn, the first light of morning
"Dreams"; Arabic aḥlām, plural of ḥulm
"Favour, kindness"; Arabic ʿāʾida, "one who returns"
"Unity, oneness"
"Chief" in popular use; a modern American name
"Blessed, fortunate"; Arabic ayman, "on the right, auspicious"
"Of Indra": the goddess who is Indra's consort
"Daughter of Indra" in popular use; Bengali dictionary: Vritra's wife
Alive, living
"Belonging to Shiva"; a name of Durga
Sovereignty, power; also wealth and prosperity
Usually given as "a replacement, a gift in place of a loss"
"Unconquered, invincible"
"Beyond birth", a word from the Mool Mantar
Named after the ʿajwa, the prized date of Medina
"Desire, wish"
"Complete, whole"
"Starry"; from Persian akhtar, "a star"
Goddess of the whole universe; Parvati at Thiruvanaikaval
"Form, shape"
Imperishable; a letter, a syllable
"Unbroken, whole"; the sacred rice of Hindu worship
"Imperishable, undecaying"
"Eye"
"Undecaying, lasting"
"Blessings"; Arabic ālāʾ, from Sura al-Raḥmān
"Joyful, cheerful", from Basque alai
The Alaknanda, a Himalayan headstream of the Ganga
Lady on the lotus, a name of Lakshmi
"Precious" in popular use; feminine of Alan, a Breton name
"Adorned, decorated"
"White", from Latin albus; "dawn" in Italian and Spanish
"Learned, knowing"; feminine of Arabic ʿalīm
Popularly "joyful"; probably from the Hebrew name Aliza
"A painting, a picture"
"Of a thousand"; from Arabic alf, "a thousand"
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