245 Sanskrit Baby Boy Names And Their Meanings

Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. So, in its grammatical structure, Sanskrit is similar to Latin and Greek.

I have selected 245 Sanskrit baby boy names that you can use for your kids.

List Of Sanskrit Baby Boy Names With Their Meanings:

Yajata

”Worthy of worship” and ”adorable.”

Tvyojas

”Very powerful.”

Jaidev

Jai means victory and deva is god.

Tanuvardhana

Tanuvardhana has a meaning that I like, ”increasing strength.” Tanu translates as ”person” and vardhana is strengthening. The Vardhana dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Thanesar.

Harmuta

I”Sun” or ”a tortoise.”

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Bharita

”Energy that is nourished.”

Dushyanta

”Destroyer of evil.”

Yuvan

”Youthful.” Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian playback singer and composer who has won two Filmfare Awards South. This is a good option if you are looking for a short Sanskrit name for your boy.

Hriday

From hridaya, heart.

Utsav

Festival.

Naresh

”Lord of men.”

Balāhaka

Balāhaka is a Naga King mentioned in the Mahabharata. It means thunder-cloud.

Pujaka

Pujaka is a person who performs a religious ritual.

Nimish

Of all short names here, I like Nimish best: ”blink of an eye.”

Kedar

”Meadow.”

Bhima

From bhima, terrible or fearsome.

Jishu

A variant of Jishnu, “one whose nature is to win.”

Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma (“law of awakening”) is credited with bringing Zen to China.

Aryaman

”Companion.”

Bhaga

”Fortune” and ”share.”

Padmasambhava

”Lotus-born,” and Tibetans call him Guru Rinpoche.

Indra

Indra (“king of gods”) slays the serpent Vritra with a thunderbolt.

Agni

”Fire,” and Rigveda opens with his name.

Savitar

”Impeller,” and the Gayatri mantra is addressed to him.

Tvashtar

It is pronounced as TVUSH-tur. ”Fashioner.” Vedic hymns ask him to shape each unborn child.

Pavana

”Purifier.” Pavana is the Hindu god of the winds and the father of Hanuman. Pavana is narrated as having “exceptional beauty.”

Siddhartha

Siddhartha (“one who has reached his goal”) was Buddha’s name before enlightenment.

Amrit

”Nectar of immortality.”

Adhyansh

”One who is respected.”

Padmakara

”Assemblage of lotuses,” and it is found in the Shiva Purana that is a major Sanskrit text in Hinduism.

Dharmabhrit

Dharmabhrit is ”a person who supports righteousness.”

Parth

Son of Pritha.

Diganta

Horizon.

Prathyush

”Dawn.” It is pronounced as pruh-THY-oosh.

Dadhikra

Celestial horse.

Nireka

”Bright.”

Kumar

It is a generic title meaning “prince”. Kumar is also used to refer to Kartikeya, the Hindu god of war. The Kumaras are four sages (Sanatkumara, Sanatana, Sanandana, Sanaka) who roam the universe as children.

Vismay

Wonder.

Nayan

Eye.

Pushpak

”Flowery,” as well as the flying chariot Ravana steals from Kubera.

Nagesha

Lord of snakes.

Aryabhata

Aryabhata is made of ārya (“noble”) and bhaṭa (“warrior”), so is symbolizing “noble warrior”.

Prayag

”Place of sacrifice.”

Kashi

”Luminous.”

Vajra

”Thunderbolt” and ”diamond.”

Nakula

Nakula (” mongoose”) was one of the five Pandava brothers, twin to Sahadeva.

Ashvin

”Horse owner.”

Mangal

Mars, or blessed. India’s Mars probe was named Mangalyaan.

Brihaspati

”Lord of prayer.”

Lakshya

”Aim” or ”target.”

Ananta

It is an epithet of Vishu and means ”without end’. Ananta has a beginning but no end.

Achal

From achala, immovable, a word for mountain.

Amogh

”Unfailing.”

Mukta

”Liberated.” A jivan mukta is someone who has no longing for anything. It is also called an arhat in Buddhism.

Krit

”Deed” or ”one who has done.”

Madhuka

Madhuka signifies melodious.

Darsh

”Sight” or ”auspicious sight of a holy person.”

Abhijit

Victorious, and the Indian name for the star Vega.

Budh

”Intelligent.”

Bali

”Strong”. Onam celebrates his yearly return to Kerala.

Shiva

”Auspicious.”

Neelkanth

”Blue throat,” and the Hindi name for the Indian roller bird.

Trilochan

”Three-eyed.”

Mrityunjaya

It combines mrityu, death, and jaya, victory.

Purusha

”Man” or ”cosmic being.”

Pashupati

”Lord of animals”. Kathmandu’s great Shiva temple has roots in him.

Shambhu

Happy/benevolent.

Manjiman

Beauty.

Sura

The Sun God.

Aditya

“Son of Aditi,” and is pronounced as AH-dit-yuh.

Lakshmana

Having lucky signs.

Hanuman

”Broken jaw,” from a childhood injury in legend.

Sushruta

Sushruta (“well heard”) was an ancient Indian physician and surgeon.

Charaka

”Wanderer.”

Shukra

Bright, or the planet Venus.

Arihant

”Conqueror of inner foes,” and India’s first homegrown nuclear submarine is named after it.

Vinay

”Modesty.”

Maitreya

”Friendly.”

Upachara

”Cure.”

Varuna

Varuna (“the binder”) represents the speculative and magical aspects of sovereignty.

Tarak

”Star” or ”protector.”

Sanjeev

Reviving.

Valmiki

”Anthill,” for a sage buried in one during long meditation.

Vyasa

”Compiler.”

Abhimanyu

”Spirited.”

Sundara

Right, well, noble, lovely, and beautiful. Sundara Ramaswamy was an Indian poet who was the author of Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai.

Parikshit

”Tested,” and Bhagavata Purana is first told to him.

Shuka

”Parrot.”

Nikhil

”Whole.”

Shvetaketu

Shvetaketu (“white banner”) is the boy taught tat tvam asi in Chandogya Upanishad.

Ashtavakra

It combines ashta, eight, and vakra, bent.

Adikavi

First poet.

Samkalpa

”Determined thought” or ”resolution.” It is a mental force directed to a clear purpose.

Rajas

Energy, excitement, passion, and dust. It is one of the three guṇas (tendencies) that are present within us. Rajas is the quality of activity and ”it binds the embodied soul through attachment to action.” (The Bhagavad Gita)

Chaitra

Spring month.

Shravan

”Hearing,” and Shravan Kumar brought his blind parents on pilgrimage in two baskets.

Milind

”Bee.”

Alambana

Alambana stands for foundation in Sanskrit.

Kandarpa

It is another moniker for Kamadeva who is the god of love. Kandarpa’s origins are linked to the Vedas. Kama is called self-born or mind-born of Brahma.

Ipsit

Desired.

Caru

”Beautiful.”

Udaya

”Sunrise”.

Daksha

Daksha is a Hindu god mentioned in the ancient scripture Rigveda. The meaning is honest, skillful, expert, and able. Daksha is the son of the creator-god Brahma, the first god in the Hindu triumvirate.

Angad

”Armlet,” as well as a monkey prince whose planted foot no warrior in Lanka moved.

Badri

”Jujube tree.”

Teja

Brilliance.

Ishvara

The Supreme Self, soul, husband, king, ruler, and lord. Patanjali defined Ishvara as a special Self.

Pinaki

Pinaki is symbolizing ”armed with Shiva’s bow.”

Nala

Nala (“reed”) loses his kingdom at dice.

Ambar

”Sky” or ”garment.”

Divakar

”Maker of day.”

Ratnakar

It combines ratna, jewel, and akara, mine.

Sharad

”Autumn.”

Arjuna

Arjuna was the archer who heard the Bhagavad Gita from Krishna. The word itself means ”bright” or ”silver.”

Anirudh

”Unstoppable.”

Meru

Golden mountain at the center of all worlds.

Himavan

From hima, snow.

Chandra

Chandra is the word for the moon.

Ojas

”Vigor” and ”vital force.” In Ayurveda it is the modern Western conception of immunity.

Pranava

“That by which God is effectively praised”. Chanters used it as the seed sound (aum).

Rudra

Rudra (“the roarer”) is a storm god of the Vedas and is praised as the “mightiest of the mighty”.

Sagara

”Sea” or ”ocean.” In the Ramayana, King Sagara’s 60,000 sons were burned to ash and generations later Bhagiratha brought the Ganga down from the sky to free their souls.

Bhaskara

Bhaskara is composed of bha (”light”) and kara (”maker”).

Kalidasa

Kalidasa wrote the play Shakuntala and the poem Meghaduta around 1,500 years ago. It means ”servant of Kali.”

Mihir

”Sunbeam” or ”sun.”

Chetan

Chetan comes from chit, consciousness or awareness.

Vasishtha

”Most excellent.”

Manu

”Thoughtful.” Manu survives a great flood with help from a fish.

Hari

”Yellow,” ”green,” ”lion” and ”remover of sin.”

Advait

It combines a, not, and dvaita, duality.

Murali

”Flute.”

Vasu

”Wealth” or ”good”.

Damodara

”Rope-belly,” from a rope his mother Yashoda bound around him.

Govinda

It combines go, cow, and vinda, finder.

Shreyas

Merit/excellence.

Harsha

Harsha is ”joy” or ”happiness.”

Ishaan

”Northeast direction,” that is watched over by Shiva in his form as Ishana.

Vishnu

”All-pervading.” Lord Vishnu measures the universe in three strides.

Ganesha

It combines gana, host, and isha, lord.

Krishna

”Dark,” ”black,” ”dark blue” and ”all-attractive.”

Shrikant

”Beloved of Lakshmi.”

Agastya

Agastya drinks a whole ocean dry to expose hidden demons. It is pronounced as uh-GUST-yuh. ”Mountain mover.”

Tanay

”Son.”

Abhinav

”New”.

Kiran

“Beam of light” or “ray of light.”

Lohit

Lohit is the color red. It is also a river that feeds the Brahmaputra.

Mayur

Peacock, India’s national bird.

Vibhu

”Mighty,” ”lord,” ”eternal” and ”far-reaching.”

Madhava

Madhava is an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna and means “sweet like honey.”

Mohan

”Enchanting.”

Ruchir

Radiant/pleasant.

Shankar

”Source of bliss.”

Devesh

Devesh is made of deva and isha and means ”lord of the gods.”

Girish

“Lord of the mountains”.

Jayanta

“Triumphant” or “victorious.” In Ramayana Jayanta disguises himself as a crow.

Skanda

”Leaper.”

Kartik

Of the Pleiades.

Chakor

A partridge that lives on moonlight in Sanskrit poems.

Akash

Sky.

Vedant

It combines veda, knowledge, and anta, end.

Hemant

It is the season of early winter that is one of the six ecological seasons in India. Hemant Shesh published over 48 books including Aap Ko yah Jaan Kar Prasanntaa Hogee.

Deepak

Lamp.

Vivek

From viveka, discernment.

Ajay

”Unconquerable.”

Sumantra

Sumantra (“good counsel”) drives King Dasharatha’s chariot.

Kunal

A bird with lovely eyes.

Vimal

”Pure.”

Vasanta

”Spring.”

Anil

”Wind,” and is also a title of Vayu, the elemental god of the Rigveda.

Aniket

”Without a home.”

Ekalavya

One who is focused.

Nandi

Nandi (“joyful”) has a statue that faces the shrine in most Shiva temples.

Ashutosh

One who is easily pleased.

Vidura

”Wise.”

Nachiketa

In the Katha Upanishad, the boy Nachiketa walks up to the god of death and asks him what happens to us after we die. It means “one who is inquisitive.”

Hiranya

It has origins in a Vedic word for gold.

Rishabh

”Bull,” or ”the best.”

Vikram

“Prowess” or ”valor.”

Garuda

”Eagle,” and Indonesia’s national airline is named after him.

Ravi

Sun.

Pushkar

”Blue lotus”.

Guru

”Heavy” and ”teacher.”

Soma

”Moon,” or a sacred drink of Vedic priests.

Shatrughna

”Slayer of enemies.”

Gandharva

Celestial musician.

Jagannath

”Lord of the world,” and English got the word juggernaut from it.

Vishvakarma

”Maker of all.”

Nataraja

”King of dance,” and a statue of him stands at CERN.

Bhairav

”Frightful.”

Kanad

Kanad (“atom eater”) taught that all matter is made of particles.

Abhay

”Fearless.”

Atharva

”Fire priest.”

Satya

”Truth,” as in India’s motto Satyameva Jayate.

Rishi

Sage.

Alok

Light.

Ashoka

”Without sorrow,” and his wheel appears on India’s flag.

Veer

”Brave.”

Dhruva

Dhruva (“fixed”) is a prince who became the pole star.

Tathagata

”One who has thus gone.”

Raghu

”Swift” and ”light.”

Tapas

”Inner heat.”

Ashvatthama

Ashvatthama (“horse voice”) neighed like a horse at birth.

Kripa

”Compassion.”

Shashank

From shasha, hare, for a moon with a hare on its face.

Dhanush

”Bow.”

Sanjay

Sanjay (“victorious”) narrates the Kurukshetra war to a blind king.

Kusha

Sacred grass.

Samrat

”Emperor.”

Janaka

”Father,” and a king who found Sita in a plowed furrow.

Gopal

It combines go, cow, and pala, protector.

Prahlada

”Joy,” and Holi bonfires recall his escape from fire.

Sugriva

”Handsome neck.”

Pradyumna

”Very strong.”

Karna

”Ear,” and he was born wearing golden earrings.

Varaha

”Boar.”

Narasimha

It combines nara, man, and simha, lion.

Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta (“protected by Brahma”) wrote some of the earliest rules for zero.

Tushar

”Frost.”

Rama

Rama (“pleasing”) rules Ayodhya in Ramayana.

Yudhishthira

Yudhishthira answers a lake spirit’s riddles to bring his brothers back to life. It is pronounced as yoo-DHISH-tir-uh. ”Firm in battle.”

Achyuta

”Never falling.”

Megh

Cloud.

Drona

”Vessel,” and in legend he was born from a pot.

Arun

”Dawn-red”. Arunachal Pradesh means land of dawn-lit mountains.

Kaustubh

A jewel on Vishnu’s chest.

Arnav

”Ocean.”

Shishir

”Late winter.”

Vishvamitra

It combines vishva, all, and mitra, friend.

Kapila

”Reddish-brown.”

Mandar

A sacred mountain, and gods used it to churn an ocean of milk.

Rohan

”Ascending.”

Bharata

”Cherished,” and India’s constitution calls the country Bharat.

Viraj

”Shining.”

Hamsa

”Swan.”

Airavata

Airavata (“born of the waters”) is Indra’s white elephant. Thai myth knows him as Erawan.

Swaraj

”Self-rule,” and Tilak called it his birthright.

Atman

Self.

Bhishma

”Terrible,” and he chose the hour of his death.

Dasharatha

It combines dasha, ten, and ratha, chariot.

Mukunda

”Liberator.”

Pankaj

I love what Pankaj means: ”born in mud.” It is a Sanskrit word for lotus.

Jina

”Victor,” and Jainism is named after it.

Vamana

”Dwarf.”

Kailash

Shiva’s mountain home.

Pingala

”Tawny.” Pingala was a scholar who counted poetic meters with a binary system.