Names documented in Hindi

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819 names · Page 4 of 14. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Dhairya

Borrowed from Sanskrit धैर्य (dhairya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dharmarāj

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्मराज (dharmarāja). By surface analysis, धर्म (dharm, “dharma, righteousness”) + राज (rāj, “king”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends J

Dhīraj

From Sanskrit धीर्य (dhīrya, “steadfast, resolute, courageous”, adjective).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends J

Dhurandhar

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धुरं॑ध॒र (dhúraṃdhará), from धुर॑म् (dhúram, “yoke”, acc.sg) + ध॒र (dhará, “bearing”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Dhvani

Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्वनि (dhvaní).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Dīkṣā

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā, “initiation, consecration”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Dilīp

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिलीप (dilīpa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends P

Dineś

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिनेश (dineśa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ś

Dinkar

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिनकर (dinakara).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Dīp

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends P

Dīpā

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपा (dīpā). By surface analysis, दीप (dīp) + -आ (-ā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Dīpak

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपक (dīpaka).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends K

Dīpikā

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपिका (dīpikā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Dīpti

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीप्ति (dīpti). See also दीप (dīp).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Diśā

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिशा (diśā), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Diti

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिति (diti).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Divākar

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिवाकर (divākara).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Divya

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दिव्य (divya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Divyā

Ultimately from Sanskrit दिव्य (divya).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Divyāṅgnā

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिव्याङ्गना (divyāṅganā). By surface analysis, दिव्य (divya) + अंगना (aṅgnā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Divyāñśu

From दिव्य (divya, “divine, celestial”) + अंशु (añśu, “ray, beam”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends U

Divyatā

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिव्यता (divyatā). By surface analysis, दिव्य (divya) + -ता (-tā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Diyā

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva), from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa). Cognate to Punjabi ਦੀਵਾ (dīvā), Nepali दियो (diyo), Gujarati દીવો (dīvo), Marathi दिवा (divā). Doublet…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ā

Dīyā

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva), from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa). Doublet of दीप (dīp) and दीपक (dīpak).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ā

Duṣyant

Borrowed from Sanskrit दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Ektā

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit एकता (ekatā). Equivalent to एक (ek, “one”) + -ता (-tā, “-ness”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Enthonī

Borrowed from English Anthony, from Latin Antōnius.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Faiz

Borrowed from Classical Persian فیض (fayz, “grace”), from Arabic فَيْض (fayḍ, “abundance, overflow”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Z

Firdaus

Borrowed from Arabic فِرْدَوْس (firdaws). Borrowed from Classical Persian فِرْدَوْس (firdaws), from Arabic فِرْدَوْس (firdaws).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends S

Firoz

Borrowed from Classical Persian فِیروز (fīrōz).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Z

Gagan

Borrowed from Sanskrit गगन (gagana). Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गगन (gagana).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Gajānan

Borrowed from Sanskrit गजानन (gajānana).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends N

Gaṇapti

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends I

Gaṇeś

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ś

Garimā

Borrowed from Sanskrit गरिमन् (gariman).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Garvit

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्वित (garvita).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Garvitā

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्विता (garvitā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Gaurāṅg

From Sanskrit गौराङ्ग (gaurāṅga). From गौर (gaura, “fair, white”) + अङ्ग (aṅga, “body, limb”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

Gaurav

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरव (gaurava, “cumbrousness, importance”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends V

Gaurī

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Gāyatrī

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्रिन् (gāyatrin).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Girijā

Borrowed from Sanskrit गिरिजा (girijā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Gīt

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gītá).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Gītā

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Gītāñjli

From गीत (gīta) + अंजलि (aṃjali).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends I

Gītikā

From गीत (gīt) + -इका (-ikā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Gopāl

From Sanskrit गोपाल (gopāla). Doublet of ग्वाला (gvālā).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Govind

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोविन्द (govinda).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends D

Gul

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends L

Gungun

Onomatopoeic.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Guñjan

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुञ्जन (guñjana, “humming, buzzing”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Haidar

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْدَر (haydar), from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Hājirā

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَاجَر (hājar), from Arabic هَاجَر (hājar), from Biblical Hebrew הָגָר (hāgār).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Hammīr

From Sanskrit हम्मीर (hammīra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Hariśaṅkar

Borrowed from Sanskrit हरिशंकर (hariśaṃkara, given name). By surface analysis, हरि (hari) + शंकर (śaṅkar).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends R

Harṣ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ṣ

Harṣit

Borrowed from Sanskrit हर्षित (harṣita). By surface analysis, हर्ष (harṣ) + -इत (-it).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Hārūn

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʔahăron). Borrowed from Classical Persian هَارُون (hārūn), borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Havvā

Learned borrowing from Classical Persian حوا (hawwā), from Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Hemant

Transliteration of Hindi हेमंत (hemant). Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमन्त (hemanta).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Names documented in Hindi

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