Hindi Names that Start With N

  1. Nara
    • Origin:

      Japanese place name or Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "happy"
    • Description:

      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.
  2. Nisha
    • Origin:

      Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "night"
    • Description:

      Pretty name that hit the popularity charts in England in the late 1990s.
  3. Navin
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "new, novel"
    • Description:

      Would fit right in with the currently popular in/an/en/on-ending boys' names.
  4. Nita
    • Origin:

      Hindi, Hebrew, and Choctaw
    • Meaning:

      "friendly, to plant, and bear"
    • Description:

      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.
  5. Neela
    • Origin:

      Hindi, Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "sapphire blue"
    • Description:

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

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "sapphire blue"
    • Description:

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

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "nebula, mist"
    • Description:

      More unusual alternative to Tiara.
  8. Narain
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "protector"
    • Description:

      Another name for the Hindu god-Vishnu.
  9. Neelam
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "blue sapphire"
    • Description:

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

      Indian, Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "lotus"
    • Description:

      Extremely meaningful in the Buddhist culture, where a lotus symbolizes the victory of the spirit over the senses.
  11. Nayana
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful eyes"
    • Description:

      Hip-swayingly evocative.
  12. Neel
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "sapphire blue"
    • Description:

      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.
  13. Nehru
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "canal"
    • Description:

      A name associated with the Indian prime minister.
  14. Neeja
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "lily"
    • Description:

      Sweet and feminine Eastern flower name.