Popular and traditional Nepali boy names with meanings, origin and religion — from every community and region of Nepal. 244 names.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin | Rashi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashish | Blessing | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Atharva | The Atharvaveda; Lord Ganesha; A Veda | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Marathi | Mesh |
| Ayush | Long life | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Dorji | Vajra; Thunderbolt; Indestructible | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Meen |
| Ishan | Lord Shiva; The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Jai | Victory | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Jigme | Fearless | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Makar |
| Rohan | Ascending; Growing; Healing | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Tula |
| Shivam | Auspicious; Lord Shiva | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kanya |
| Shubham | Auspicious; Good | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kanya |
| Tejas | Brilliance; Radiance | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Tula |
| Tshering | Long life | 🧒 Unisex | Tibetan | Tula |
| Vansh | Lineage; Family | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Vijay | Victory | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Wangchuk | Mighty; Powerful | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Vrishabh |
| Abhiram | Delightful; Pleasing | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Telugu | Mesh |
| Adhiraj | King; Ruler | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Ahaan | Dawn; Morning glory | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Ajeet | Unconquerable; Son of Guru Gobind Singh | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Punjabi | Mesh |
| Akhilesh | Lord of everything | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Akshit | Permanent; Indestructible | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Amartya | Immortal | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Bengali | Mesh |
| Ambar | Sky | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Amey | Immeasurable | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Amrit | Nectar of immortality | 👦 Boy | Punjabi, Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Ananda | Bliss; The Buddha's devoted disciple; The Buddha's disciple | 👦 Boy | Pali | Mesh |
| Anant | Infinite; Endless; Eternal | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Kashmiri | Mesh |
| Aniket | Homeless wanderer; Lord Shiva | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Marathi | Mesh |
| Anil | Wind; Air | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Sinhala | Mesh |
| Animesh | Open-eyed; Ever watchful | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Anurag | Love; Devotion | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Apurva | Unique; Unprecedented | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arihant | Destroyer of inner enemies; Destroyer of enemies | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arijit | One who has conquered enemies | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Arvind | Lotus | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Ashoka | Without sorrow; The emperor who spread Buddhism | 👦 Boy | Pali | Mesh |
| 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 |
| Bhavin | Living; Alive | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Gujarati | Vrishabh |
| Bhushan | Ornament | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Bhuvan | The world; Earth | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Kannada | Vrishabh |
| Bibek | Wisdom; Conscience (Nepali form of Vivek) | 👦 Boy | Nepali | Vrishabh |
| Bikash | Development; Progress | 👦 Boy | Nepali | Vrishabh |
| Bishal | Huge; Great | 👦 Boy | Nepali | Vrishabh |
| Bodhi | Enlightenment | 👦 Boy | Pali | Vrishabh |
| 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 |
| Chimi | Immortal | 🧒 Unisex | Tibetan | Meen |
| Chiranjiv | Long-lived | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Darsh | Sight; Vision | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kumbh |
| Dawa | Moon; Born on Monday | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Kumbh |
| Devesh | Lord of the gods | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dhananjay | Winner of wealth; Arjuna | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dharmesh | Lord of righteousness | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dhiraj | Patience; Emperor | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dhruva | Pole Star; Firm | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Dhanu |
| Dinesh | Lord of the day; The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Sinhala | Meen |
| Dipesh | Lord of light | 👦 Boy | Nepali | Meen |
| Divakar | The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Meen |
| Dorje | Vajra; Thunderbolt; Indestructible | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Meen |
| Ekalavya | Devoted pupil in the Mahabharata | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Ekansh | Whole; Complete | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Eklavya | Devoted student of the Mahabharata | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Eshwar | God; Lord | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Gagan | Sky | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Ganesh | Lord of the ganas; The elephant-headed god; Lord Ganesha | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Marathi | Makar |
| Gaurang | Fair-complexioned; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kumbh |
| Gautam | Of the Gotama clan; The Buddha; Bright light | 👦 Boy | Pali, Sanskrit | Kumbh |
| Gunjan | Humming of bees | 🧒 Unisex | Hindi, Sanskrit | Kumbh |
| Gyan | Knowledge | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Gyeltshen | Victory banner | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Kumbh |
| Hari | Lord Vishnu; Remover of sorrow; Day; The sun | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Malayalam | Mithun |
| Harish | Lord Vishnu | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Hemendra | Lord of gold | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kark |
| Himesh | Lord of snow (Shiva) | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kark |
| Hiten | Well-wisher | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kark |
| Hridaan | Gift of the heart | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Kark |
| Ilesh | Lord of the earth | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Indra | King of the gods | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Indresh | Lord of Indra | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Ishant | Lord Vishnu | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Vrishabh |
| Jagdish | Lord of the world | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Jayant | Victorious | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Jeevan | Life | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Jitendra | Conqueror of the senses | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Jivan | Life | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Makar |
| Kalpesh | Lord of imagination | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Gujarati | Mithun |
| Kamal | Lotus; Perfection | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Arabic | Mithun |
| Kanha | Lord Krishna | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kanishk | A great Kushan king | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kapil | A great sage; Tawny | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Karma | Action; Deed | 🧒 Unisex | Tibetan | Mithun |
| Kartikeya | Son of Shiva; God of war | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kaushal | Skill; Cleverness | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kavin | Handsome; Poet | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kavyansh | Part of poetry | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Ketan | Home; Banner; Flag | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Gujarati | Mithun |
| Kishan | Lord Krishna | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Kshitij | Horizon | 👦 Boy | Nepali | Mithun |
| Kush | Son of Lord Rama; Sacred grass | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mithun |
| Laksh | Aim; Target | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lakshit | Distinguished; Aimed | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lakshman | Brother of Lord Rama | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lalit | Beautiful; Charming | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lhakpa | Born on Wednesday | 👦 Boy | Tibetan | Mesh |
| Likhit | Written | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lohit | Red; The Brahmaputra | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Lokesh | Lord of the world | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Luv | Son of Lord Rama | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Mesh |
| Madhur | Sweet | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Simha |
| Mahendra | Great lord; Indra | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Rajasthani | Simha |
| Mahir | Skilled; Expert | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Arabic | Simha |
| Manoj | Born of the mind; Kamadeva | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Simha |
| Mayur | Peacock | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit | Simha |
| Milan | Union; Meeting; Gracious; Dear | 👦 Boy | Sanskrit, Dutch, Serbian | Simha |