Hindi Names that Start With N

Soft, simple, and far more unusual than Tara or Farrah. As a Japanese place name, it's been used occasionally as a surname and is beginning to be used as a first. Nara is also the name of a Hindu (male) God and the name means "man" in Hindi.

Pretty name that hit the popularity charts in England in the late 1990s.

It is said that if one wears a flawless blue sapphire, it can remove poverty and provide health, wealth, long life, happiness and prosperity.

A variation of Nila, a name spread through African by the substantial Indian population there. Also a variant of Neala and Neila.

One of those slender names, like Lena or Etta, that's used in several cultures and carries a range of meanings. But by being so many things, it doesn't feel decidedly like anything.

Would fit right in with the currently popular in/an/en/on-ending boys' names.

More unusual alternative to Tiara.

If you want people to appreciate this choice, you're going to have to explain how it's not Neil.

Another name for the Hindu god-Vishnu.

Sweet and feminine Eastern flower name.

Hip-swayingly evocative.

Derived from the Sanskrit word nalini meaning "lotus", Nalin holds spiritual significance in Hinduism where it is associated with divine beauty and spiritual awakening, while in Buddhism, it symbolizes enlightenment and the victory of the spirit over the senses.

When you see it written out and know the meaning, it seems more distinctive than Neil. Pity everyone will understand it as simply, Neil or Neal.

A name associated with the Indian prime minister.