Popular and traditional Indian boy names with meanings, origin and religion — from every community and region of India. 1,251 names.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin | Rashi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arif | Knowledgeable; Wise; Knowing | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Arihant | Destroyer of inner enemies; Destroyer of enemies | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arijit | One who has conquered enemies | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arindam | Destroyer of enemies | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Mesh |
| Arjan | Bright (Punjabi form of Arjun); The fifth Sikh Guru (Guru Arjan Dev) | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Mesh |
| Arka | The sun | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Mesh |
| Arnab | Ocean | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Mesh |
| Arsalan | Lion (Persian/Turkish) | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Arshad | Most rightly guided | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Arslan | Lion (Turkic) | 👦 Boy | Urdu, Uyghur, Turkish, Turkic | — |
| Arul | Grace; Blessing | 👦 Boy | Tamil | Mesh |
| Arun | The dawn; The charioteer of the sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arvind | Lotus | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Asad | Lion | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Ashar | Shining; Affable | 👦 Boy | Urdu | — |
| Ashok | Without sorrow | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Ashoka | Without sorrow; The emperor who spread Buddhism | 👦 Boy | Pali | Mesh |
| Ashraf | Most honourable | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Ashraful | Most noble | 👦 Boy | Bengali | — |
| Ashutosh | One who is easily pleased (Shiva) | 👦 Boy | Marathi | Mesh |
| Ashwin | A Hindu month; The Ashvin twins (divine physicians) | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Asif | Forgiveness; A wise minister of Solomon | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Asim | Protector | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Aslam | Safest; Most secure | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Aswin | A nakshatra; Horseman | 👦 Boy | Malayalam | Mesh |
| Atif | Compassionate; Kind | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Atul | Matchless | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Avi | My father | 👦 Boy | Hebrew | — |
| Avinash | Indestructible | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Avtar | Incarnation | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Mesh |
| Awais | Gift; Little wolf; A devoted saint | 👦 Boy | Urdu | — |
| Ayan | Path; Way; Gift of God | 👦 Boy | Bengali, Arabic | Mesh |
| Ayaz | Cool breeze; A loyal courtier of Mahmud of Ghazni | 👦 Boy | Urdu | — |
| Ayub | Job; A patient prophet | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Azaan | Call to prayer | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Azhar | Bright; Shining | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Babar | Lion; Tiger (Mughal emperor Babur) | 👦 Boy | Urdu | — |
| Babu | Father; Gentleman | 👦 Boy | Hindi | Vrishabh |
| Badar | Full moon | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Balaji | Lord Venkateswara | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Baljeet | Victorious through strength | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Vrishabh |
| Balwinder | Strong lord | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Vrishabh |
| Basava | A 12th-century reformer (Basavanna); Bull | 👦 Boy | Kannada | Vrishabh |
| Basit | One who expands; Generous | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Behram | Victorious; The angel of victory | 👦 Boy | Persian | — |
| Bhagirath | King who brought the Ganga to earth | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhanu | The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bharat | India; Brother of Lord Rama | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhaskar | The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Assamese | Vrishabh |
| Bhaumik | Lord of the earth | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhavik | Devoted; Pious | 👦 Boy | Gujarati | Vrishabh |
| Bhavin | Living; Alive | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Gujarati | Vrishabh |
| Bhavya | Grand; Splendid | 🧒 Unisex | Sanskrit, Telugu | Vrishabh |
| Bhim | Mighty; The strong Pandava hero | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhola | Innocent; Lord Shiva | 👦 Boy | Hindi | Vrishabh |
| Bhupen | King of the earth | 👦 Boy | Assamese | Vrishabh |
| Bhupendra | King of the earth | 👦 Boy | Rajasthani | Vrishabh |
| Bhupinder | King of the earth | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Vrishabh |
| Bhushan | Ornament | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhuvan | The world; Earth | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Kannada | Vrishabh |
| Bijay | Victory | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bijoy | Victory | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Vrishabh |
| Bikram | Valour | 👦 Boy | Odia | Vrishabh |
| Binod | Pleasure; Joy | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bipin | Forest | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bipul | Plenty; Huge | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Vrishabh |
| Bishnu | Lord Vishnu | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Biswajit | Conqueror of the world | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Vrishabh |
| Biswanath | Lord of the universe | 👦 Boy | Odia | Vrishabh |
| Bodhi | Enlightenment | 👦 Boy | Pali | Vrishabh |
| Brajesh | Lord of Braj (Krishna) | 👦 Boy | Hindi | Vrishabh |
| Burhan | Proof | 👦 Boy | Kashmiri, Arabic | — |
| Caleb | Faithful; Devoted | 👦 Boy | Hebrew | — |
| Chaitanya | Consciousness; Life | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Telugu | Mesh |
| Chandan | Sandalwood | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Chandra | The moon | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Chandresh | Lord of the moon | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Charan | Feet (of the divine); Humble; Feet of the Lord | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Telugu | Meen |
| Charanjeet | Victory through the Guru's feet | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Meen |
| Chetan | Awareness; Alive | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Chethan | Consciousness; Alive | 👦 Boy | Kannada | Mesh |
| Chimi | Immortal | 🧒 Unisex | Tibetan | Meen |
| Chinmay | Full of knowledge; Blissful | 👦 Boy | Marathi | Meen |
| Chintan | Contemplation | 👦 Boy | Gujarati | Meen |
| Chirag | Lamp | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Chiranjiv | Long-lived | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Christopher | Bearer of Christ | 👦 Boy | Greek | — |
| Cyrus | After Cyrus the Great (Kourosh) | 👦 Boy | Persian | — |
| Daljeet | Victorious over the forces of evil | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Kumbh |
| Danyal | Daniel; God is my judge | 👦 Boy | Arabic | — |
| Darsh | Sight; Vision | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kumbh |
| Darshan | Vision; Sight of the divine | 👦 Boy | Kannada | Kumbh |
| Dawa | Moon; Born on Monday | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Kumbh |
| Dawood | David; Beloved | 👦 Boy | Urdu | — |
| Debashish | Blessing of God | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Meen |
| Debasish | Blessing of God | 👦 Boy | Odia | Meen |
| Debjit | Conqueror of the gods | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Meen |
| Deep | Light; Lamp | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Deepu | Light; Lamp | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Devang | Part of God | 👦 Boy | Gujarati | Meen |
| Devendra | King of the gods | 👦 Boy | Hindi | Meen |
| Devesh | Lord of the gods | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dhairya | Patience; Courage | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dhananjay | Winner of wealth; Arjuna | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dharmendra | Lord of righteousness | 👦 Boy | Hindi | Dhanu |
| Dharmesh | Lord of righteousness | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dhaval | White; Pure | 👦 Boy | Gujarati | Dhanu |
| Dheeraj | Patience; Courage | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dhiraj | Patience; Emperor | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dhruba | Pole Star | 👦 Boy | Assamese | Dhanu |
| Dhruva | Pole Star; Firm | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dibyendu | Divine moon | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Meen |
| Dileep | Protector of Delhi; A legendary king | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dilip | Protector of Delhi; A legendary king | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dilpreet | Love of the heart | 👦 Boy | Punjabi | Meen |
| Dinesh | Lord of the day; The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Sinhala | Meen |
| Dipak | Lamp; Light | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dipankar | Light-maker; A Buddha | 👦 Boy | Bengali | Meen |
| Divakar | The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Divyansh | Part of the divine light | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |