Expression, acting; Sanskrit abhinaya
Names meaning art
Baby names whose dictionary or scripture meaning relates to art, with the source shown on every name.
107 names: 69 for girls, 36 for boys and 2 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, the Tamil Lexicon and Platts' Urdu, Hindi and English dictionary. A few to start: Gandharv ("celestial musician"), Lekha ("line; writing") and Shaili ("style, manner").
107 names
"Expression" through gesture, as in classical dance
Story, tale, romance
"Form, shape"
Ornament, decoration; Sanskrit alaṃkāra
Adorned, decorated; Sanskrit alaṃkṛta
"Adorned, decorated"
"A painting, a picture"
Bengal's festive floor art; often glossed "decoration"
"A likeness, an image"
"Spectrum, a row of colours"; Bengali barṇālī
"A picture"; the painter-nymph of the Puranas
"Part of a picture"; also read as a descendant of Chitragupta
"Lord of beauty"
"Barrel-maker"; an English trade surname
"Silk brocade"; Persian dībā
"Eloquent"; feminine of Arabic faṣīḥ
"Celestial musician", from Sanskrit gandharva
"Love poem"; Arabic ghazal, the lyric of love
Sanskrit hārikā, the name of a poetic metre
Literature
"Creation"; Arabic inshāʾ, "composition" in Urdu
Music, melody; Tamil icai
Voice of music; Tamil icai, "music", and vāṇi, "speech; Saraswati"
"Arrow" or "paintbrush"; Sanskrit iṣīkā, "reed, arrow, brush"
Nature, true quality; also literary Tamil; Tamil iyal
A name of Saraswati; also the female koel
Goddess Saraswati; literally "daughter of the arts"
"Lady of the arts"; kalai, arts, with selvi, lady or daughter
Goddess Saraswati; kalai, the arts, with vāṇi, speech
"King of the arts"; kalai, arts, with arasan, king
"Queen of the arts"; kalai, arts, with arasi, queen
"Skilled in the arts" in popular use; Sanskrit kalāvatī, an Apsaras
Servant of Kali; the great Sanskrit poet Kalidasa
Imagination; creating, fashioning
Imagined, invented; Sanskrit kalpita
"Imagined, created"
"Narration, telling"
A poem; Kannada kavana, "composing verses"
Prince of poets; Sanskrit kavīndra
King of poets; Sanskrit kavirāja
Lord of poets; Sanskrit kavi, "poet, sage", with īśa, "lord"
"Queen of poets", from kavi, "poet", and īśā, "mistress"
Poetry; a poem
"King of poets"; kavi, poet, with arasan, king
Poetry; poetic wisdom and inspiration
A part of poetry; Sanskrit kāvya with aṃśa, "part"
"Splendour of poetry"
Lord of poetry; Sanskrit kāvya + īśa
"Celestial musician"
"Creation" or "work"
Graceful dance, attributed to Parvati
"Line; writing"
"Written"
"Script, writing"
"Writing, a written letter"
"Sweet verse"; name of a Vedic seer
"Princess of Malwa" in popular use; Kalidasa's heroine Mālavikā
"Words like rubies"; the name of the saint Manikkavacakar
"Stoneworker"; English occupational surname
Menaka, the celestial apsara of the Mahabharata
"Gesture, seal", the sacred hand gestures of dance and worship
"Threefold Tamil": literature, music and drama
"Moon" or "star" in popular use; Hindi naqsh, "design"
King of dancers: Shiva as the cosmic dancer
Lord of dance; a title of the dancing Shiva
Finest of dancers: a title of Krishna
Arranger, organiser; Arabic nāẓim
Organiser, arranger; Arabic nāẓima
Beloved, a beauty; Persian nigār, "a picture"
Created, fashioned; Sanskrit nirmita
"Dance"
A Marathi verse form, from women's work songs to Dnyaneshwari
"A painting"; also "beauty", and popularly "artist"
"A row" or "line"; also a Vedic metre
"Image, likeness"; also a sacred image or idol
"Bearer of fame"; the poet of the Nalavenba
"Creation" or "composition"
Created, composed; Sanskrit racita
"Created, composed"
"Ixora flower"; Bengali raṅgan, also "colouring"
Delighting, pleasing; Sanskrit rañjana
Connoisseur; a person of fine taste
"One with refined taste", a connoisseur
"A line", also an outline or sketch
Skilful, inventive; Sanskrit ṛbhu
"Form, figure"; also a metaphor and a drama
"Literature"; from Sanskrit sāhitya, "union; poetry"
"Culture" in modern use; Sanskrit saṃskṛti, "refinement, perfection"
"Style, manner"; Sanskrit śailī
Art, craft; a work of art
"Artist"; Sanskrit śilpin, "skilled in art"
"Verse, hymn of praise"; Sanskrit śloka
A reddish-brown earth colour, from Siena in Italy
"Magician, conjuror"; Bengali saubhika
"Lakṣmī's grace" in popular use; Sanskrit śrī + kalā
Creation; Hindi sṛjan, "creating, making"
Creation; from sṛjan, "creating, making"
"Beautiful" in popular use; Sanskrit sucitra, "very distinguished"
Beautiful writing; Sanskrit su- and lekhā
A beautiful line; Sanskrit surekhā
Carpenter, craftsman; also the Naga king Takṣaka of the Mahabharata
"Adornment, decoration"; Arabic tazyīn
"A painter's brush"
"Comparison, simile"; Sanskrit upamā
Valmiki, poet of the Ramayana; named from an anthill
A painter's brush or pen; also pure gold
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