Boy · Hindi (from Sanskrit anupama) · Hindu
Anup
अनूपSay it uh-NOOP
- Meaning today
- Incomparable, unique
- Original meaning
- "incomparable" John T. Platts, p. 99
- Say it
- uh-NOOP
- Written
- अनूप
- Other spellings
- Anoop
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Anup
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Anup meaning
Anup (अनूप) is a Hindu boy's name of Hindi origin (from Sanskrit anupama). By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Incomparable
Also used to mean: unique
Anup (अनूप) is the Hindi word anūp, "incomparable". Platts' Hindustani dictionary records it as an adjective meaning incomparable and links it to anupam, the Sanskrit anupama, "matchless". Platts also records a different, purely Sanskrit word spelled the same way, anūpa, which Monier-Williams gives as watery or near water, a marshy country, a pond or a river bank. The name follows the Hindi sense. Name lists give Anup as "incomparable" or "unique". It is used across India and is often spelled Anoop in the South.
Source: John T. Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 99 · entry anūp · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, anūp, p. 99 · Monier-Williams, anūpa, p. 42 · Wikipedia, Anup Jalota
Famous namesakes
- Anup Jalota, bhajan and ghazal singer
Fits your syllable
First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Anup · Anoop