Shivani sounds fresh and powerful.

Another traditional Indian name, best known here via novelist Vikram Seth.

Unlike Pamela and Melanie, Mela feels fresh and unusual.

Indu is truly unusual, but shares sounds with more popular choices like Indie and Indigo. Other moon names to consider: Luna, Serena, Io.

Tulsi is more than a simple nature name: The holy basil plant is sacred in the Hindu religion, used to honor the god Vishnu and representative of his consort, the goddess Tulsi. The Tulsi plant is often planted in Hindu houses and is used for medicinal as well as ritualistic purposes.

If you don't want your daughter to be a Diva, try this Hindu moon goddess name that was chosen by actress Monica Bellucci for hers.

The graceful Indian Suria or Surya may remind Americans more of little Miss Suri Cruise than of the pantheon of Hindi gods and goddesses.

Sounds like and is often confused with Asia, though it has an air of retro cool via the seminal Steely Dan album. Or, pronounced eye-ah, it can be an alternate spelling of the international favorite Aya.

This lovely, rhythmic Hindu nature name relates to the mythical Kalinda Mountains, from which a sacred river flows.

An international take on Dara.

Feminine form of Cian, a name from Irish legend.

If meaning were destiny, this would start a boy off on the right foot.

Could be used in an Indian family for a garden-lover's son.

Pretty Asian option.

Name of one of the three main Hindu gods.

More unusual alternative to Tiara.

Kalindi is a lovely, rhythmic name refers to one of the seven sacred rivers of India.

Ishaan is the guardian of the Northeast in the Hindu religion.

Soft and rhythmic.

Hip-swayingly evocative.