Musical prelude; Sanskrit ālāpa, "speech, melody"
Names meaning music
Baby names whose dictionary or scripture meaning relates to music, with the source shown on every name.
117 names: 82 for girls, 32 for boys and 3 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Platts' Urdu, Hindi and English dictionary and the Tamil Lexicon. A few to start: Dhwanil ("sound, voice"), Madhur ("sweet, melodious") and Shravya ("worth hearing").
117 names
Ascent, rising; Sanskrit āroha
"Expression" through gesture, as in classical dance
"Nightingale"; Persian and Arabic ʿandalīb
Boundless; the unstruck divine sound
"Inner, within"; also a section of a song
"Melody, song", from Italian aria, "air"
Asavari, a morning raga of Indian classical music
"Sacred word"; the Gurus' hymns
"Love of bani", the Gurus' hymns
"Flute", the bamboo flute of Krishna
"Formidable"; a fierce form of Shiva
A form of the goddess Durga; also a classical raga
The raga Bhupali; Sanskrit bhūpālī
From the Roman clan Caecilius; "blind" in popular use
A king of the Gandharvas; Sanskrit, "having a bright spear"
"Wealth and prosperity"; also a classical raga
"Sound"; Sanskrit dhvanita, "sounded"
"Sound, voice, tune"
"Sound, voice"
"Magpie robin", the songbird of Bengal
The third note of the musical scale, "ga"
"Celestial musician", from Sanskrit gandharva
"A verse, song"
"Song"; Hindi gīt, from Sanskrit gīta
"Song"; a sacred song, as in the Bhagavad Gita
"Part of the Gita", from gītā and aṃśa
"Part of the Gita", from gītā and aṃśa
"Lord of songs", from gīta and īśa
"Song"; Sanskrit gīti
"A short song"
"A song"; that which is to be sung
"Love poem"; Arabic ghazal, the lyric of love
"An offering of songs"
"Humming"; Hindi gungun
"Humming" in popular use; Sanskrit guñjikā, the gunja berry
"Humming, resonant", from Sanskrit guñjita
"Humming", the murmur of bees; Sanskrit guñjita
"Harp player", from Old English hearpere
Sweet melody, the cuckoo's song; Kannada iñcara
Music, melody; Tamil icai
Voice of music; Tamil icai, "music", and vāṇi, "speech; Saraswati"
A name of Saraswati; also the female koel
"Sweet low murmur, birds' chirping"; Sanskrit kākalī
"Skilled in the arts" in popular use; Sanskrit kalāvatī, an Apsaras
A form of the goddess Durga; also a raga
"Small bell"
"Celestial musician"
"Devotional song, praise"
"Cuckoo", the singing koel bird
A female koel, the Indian cuckoo
"The koel's call"
Hill land; also the kurinji shrub, Strobilanthes, and a melody
"Cuckoo", the koel songbird; Tamil kuyil
"Rhythm, tempo"
"Lyre", the stringed instrument; also a constellation
"Sweet verse"; name of a Vedic seer
Sweet, melodious
"Sweet, melodious"
"Sweet like honey"; name of an evening raga
"Great"; also the vina of the sage Narada
"Happy" in popular use; Sanskrit mālava, Malwa or a raga
A raga sung for the monsoon rains
A form of the goddess Durga, patron of music and speech
"Song thrush"; English mavis, Old French mauvis
"Melody, song"; from Greek melōidia
Flute, the instrument of Krishna
Holder of the flute, a title of Krishna
"Threefold Tamil": literature, music and drama
Melody, song; Arabic–Persian naghma
"Kind, generous" in popular use; Persian navāz, "one who cherishes"
"Dressed in blue"; also a classical rāga
Sound, resonance; Sanskrit nināda
Ni, the seventh note of the Indian musical scale
"Dance"
A Marathi verse form, from women's work songs to Dnyaneshwari
"The fifth", the fifth day of the lunar fortnight
"A songbird", the hawk-cuckoo
"Anklet"
"Eastern"; also an evening rāga
"Melody" in popular use; Sanskrit rāgiṇī, a musical mode
"Pleasing, delighting"
Krishna, who delights in the rāsa dance
"One with refined taste", a connoisseur
"The patter of gentle rain"
White cloud; also the rebab, a stringed instrument
"Wanderer, one who moves"; Sanskrit saṃcārin
Music; songs sung together
Peacock, spotted deer, a raga; Sanskrit sāraṅga, "dappled"
"The musical scale"; Hindi sargam, from sa-re-ga-ma
"Pride of the king" in popular use; Persian shah-nāz, a musical mode
Conch shell
Dear to Shanmukha (Murugan); also a raga
A name of Saraswati; Sanskrit śāradā, "of autumn"
"Delighting Śiva"; the name of a rāga
"Worth hearing"; Sanskrit śrāvyā
"That which is heard"; the Veda; a musical interval
Tinkling anklets; Sanskrit śiñjinī
"Beautiful" in popular use; the name of a classical raga
The raga Shree; Sanskrit śrī-rāga
Praise; songs of praise
Melodious, a pleasant sound
A musical note; Sanskrit svara, "sound, voice"
Giver of melody; from Sanskrit svara and -dā
"Glorious" in popular use; Sanskrit svarita, the Vedic accented tone
"Song, melody"; Persian tarāna
"Melody, song"; Arabic tarannum
"Flute", the bamboo flute of Krishna
"Speech, voice"; also the goddess Sarasvati
Saraswati, the radiant goddess of speech
"Flute"
A flute; from vaṃśa, "bamboo; family line"
"The veena", the classical Indian lute
"Flute"; also bamboo
"Tulsi" in popular use; Sanskrit vṛnda, "a cluster, a multitude"
From yazh, the ancient Tamil harp
"Player of the yazh" in popular use; Tamil yāḻ, a harp
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