Maithilīśaraṇ
Sanskritic bahuvrīhi compound of मैथिली (maithilī) + शरण (śaraṇ), literally “having Maithilī as refuge”.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ṇ
Names documented in Hindi
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Mālinī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मालिनी (mālinī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Māltī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मालती (mālatī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mamtā
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mamatta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit ममत्व (mamatva). Cognate with Bengali মমতা (momota), Marathi ममता (mamtā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Mānak
Borrowed from Sanskrit मानक (mānaka).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Manan
Borrowed from Sanskrit मनन (manana).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mānas
Borrowed from Sanskrit मानस (mānasá).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Mānav
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends V
Mandār
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्दार (mandāra).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Mandīp
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮਨਦੀਪ /مندیپ (mandīp) or equivalently from मन (man, “mind”) + दीप (dīp, “light”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
Mandirā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्दिरा (mandirā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Mandodrī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्दोदरी (mandodarī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mañjul
Derived from Sanskrit मञ्जुल (mañjula).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Manohar
Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Manoj
Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोज (manoja).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends J
Mānsī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मानसी (mānasī). By surface analysis, मानस (mānasa) + -ई (-ī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mānyatā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मान्यता (mānyatā), analyzed as मान्य (mānya) + -ता (-tā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Marīci
Borrowed from Sanskrit मरीचि (marīci).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Mariyam
Borrowed from Classical Persian مریم (maryam), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Aramaic מרים (maryam), from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (mīryām).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Mārtaṇḍ
Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ḍ
Maryādā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्यादा (maryā́dā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Mati
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मति (mati).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Maulik
Borrowed from Sanskrit मौलिक (maulika).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Māyā
Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā́).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ā
Mayaṅk
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀬𑀁𑀓 (mayaṃka), from Sanskrit मृगाङ्क (mṛgāṅka).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Māyāvtī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मायावती (māyāvatī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mayūr
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Medhā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मे॒धा (medhā́).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Medinī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेदिनी (medinī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Meghnād
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघनाद (meghanāda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Menkā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेनका (menakā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Milind
Borrowed from Sanskrit मिलिन्द (milinda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mīrā
Borrowed from Sanskrit मीरा (mīrā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Mithun
Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथुन (mithuna). Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथुन (mithuna).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mitul
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mitta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-ulla-), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Mohan
Transliteration of Hindi मोहन (mohan), etc. Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहन (mohana).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mohī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहिन् (mohin).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mohinī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहिनी (mohinī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Mohit
Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहित (mohita). Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहित (mohita).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Mŕdul
Borrowed from Sanskrit मृदुल (mṛdula).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends L
Mŕgāṅk
Borrowed from Sanskrit मृगाङ्क (mṛgāṅka).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Mŕnmay
Borrowed from Sanskrit मृन्मय (mṛnmaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Y
Mudit
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुदित (mudita).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Muhammad
Transliteration of Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”), the passive participle of حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud, extol”). From the same…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mukeś
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुकेश (mukeśa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ś
Mukti
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Mukul
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुकुल (mukula).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Mukund
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुकुन्द (mukunda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mumtāz
Borrowed from Classical Persian ممتاز (mumtāz), from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz). Compare Bengali মমতাজ (momotaj).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Murārī
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुरारि (murāri).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Naġmā
Borrowed from Classical Persian نغمه (naġma), itself from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Nainā
Inherited from Prakrit णयण (ṇayaṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit नयन (nayaná). Doublet of नयन (nayan).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Nakul
Borrowed from Sanskrit नकुल (nakula). Doublet of नेवला (nevlā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Naman
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमन (namana).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Namratā
Borrowed from Sanskrit नम्रता (namratā), analyzable as नम्र (namra) + -ता (-tā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Nandan
Borrowed from Sanskrit नन्दन (nandana).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nandinī
Borrowed from Sanskrit नन्दिनी (nandinī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Narendra
From Hindi नरेंद्र (narendra). Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नरेन्द्र (narendra), from नर (nara, “man”) + इन्द्र (indra, “god”), meaning god of humans.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nareś
Borrowed from Sanskrit नरेश (nareśa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ś
Nargis
Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگس (nargis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nlgs /nargis/), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S