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831 names · Page 6 of 14. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Kārtikey

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Y

Kārttikey

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Y

Karuṇā

Borrowed from Sanskrit करुणा (karuṇā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Kaśyap

Borrowed from Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends P

Kaumudī

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौमुदी (kaumudī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Kauśal

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौशल (kauśala).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Kauśalyā

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौशल्या (kauśalyā), alternative form of कौसल्या (kausalyā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Kauśik

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौशिक (kauśika).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends K

Kaustubh

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौस्तुभ (kaustubha).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends H

Ka͠utey

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौन्तेय (kaunteya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Y

Kedar

Borrowed from Sanskrit केदार (kedāra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Kedār

Borrowed from Sanskrit केदार (kedāra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Keśav

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit केशव (keśava).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends V

Khyāti

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ख्याति (khyāti).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Kiraṇ

Borrowed from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ṇ

Kīrti

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर्ति (kīrti).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Kiśan

Inherited from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of कान्हा (kānhā) and कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa)

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Kishore

Borrowed from Sanskrit किशोर (kiśora, “a colt; a youth, lad”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Kiśor

Borrowed from Sanskrit किशोर (kiśora).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Kokilā

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोकिला (kokilā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Komal

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोमल (komala).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Koyal

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮 (koila), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends L

Krānti

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रान्ति (krānti).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Krishna

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Kŕtajña

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृतज्ञ (kṛtajña).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Kŕtārth

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृतार्थ (kṛtārtha).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Kŕti

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृति (kṛ́ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Kŕttikā

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृत्तिका (kṛttikā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Kṣamā

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā). Doublet of छमा (chamā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Kṣitij

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends J

Kumar

Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Kumār

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Kumkum

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Kumud

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमुद (kumuda).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends D

Kuṇāl

From Sanskrit कुणाल (kuṇāla).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Kuśāgra

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुशाग्र (kuśāgra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Kuśal

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुशल (kúśala).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Kusum

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, “kind of flower”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Lakhan

Inherited from Prakrit लक्खण (lakkhaṇa), from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Lakshmi

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī, “mark, sign”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Lakṣmaṇ

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ṇ

Lakṣmī

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Lalit

Borrowed from Sanskrit ललित (lalita). Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ललित (lalita).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Lalita

From Sanskrit ललित (lalita).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Lata

From Sanskrit लता (latā, “creeper”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Latā

Borrowed from Sanskrit लता (latā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Lila

Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with Spanish lila (“lilac”). From Sanskrit लीला (līlā, “play, charm”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Madan

Inherited from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Mādhav

Borrowed from Sanskrit माधव (mā́dhava), the vṛddhi derivative of मधु (mádhu, “sweet”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends V

Madhu

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends U

Madhukar

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधुकर (madhukara).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Madhulikā

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधुलिका (madhulikā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Madhur

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधुर (madhura).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Mādhvī

Borrowed from Sanskrit माधवी (mādhavī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Mahādev

Borrowed from Sanskrit महादेव (mahādeva).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends V

Mahārṇav

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महार्णव (mahārṇava); equivalent to महा- (mahā-) + अर्णव (arṇav).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends V

Mahendra

Borrowed from Sanskrit महेन्द्र (mahendra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Maheś

Borrowed from Sanskrit महेश (maheśa). By surface analysis, महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश (īś, “lord”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ś

Mahesh

Borrowed from Sanskrit महेश (maheśa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends H

Maheśvar

Borrowed from Sanskrit महेश्वर (maheśvara).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

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