Indian Names
Indian names meaning faith
94 names
Names most common in the JPN data for the 2010s come first.
- Names
- 94
- Boy
- 61
- Girl
- 28
- Origins
- 11
Language of origin
Boy: 61 Girl: 28
Names
- Sai♂♀Lord
- Vaishnavi♀Belonging to Vishnu
- Subramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Suresh♂Ruler of the gods
- Arumugam♂Six-faced
- Sivakumar♂Son of Shiva (Shiva: benign, auspicious
- Balakrishnan♂Child Krishna
- Yogeswaran♂Lord of yoga
- Supramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Thirumurugan♂Sacred Murugan
- Aarti♀Ritual of worship with lamps
- Abid♂Worshipper
- Alwar♂One deep in meditation on the attributes of the Supreme Being
- Aradhana♀Worship
- Aradhna♀Worship
- Archana♂♀Honouring
- Archit♂Worshipped
- Arpita♀Offering, devotion
- Avatar♂Incarnation of a deity
- Ayoub♂Job (Ayyub)
- Ayyub♂Job (Ayyub)
- Bhagwati♀Fortunate, glorious, divine
- Bhakti♀Devotion to God
- Chinmay♂Made of consciousness
- Dawud♂David (from Hebrew Dawid)
- Dev♂God
- Devahuti♀Invoking the gods
- Devaki♀Divine, celestial
- Devanshi♀A portion of a god
- Devesh♂An epithet of Indra, Shiva and Vishnu
- Devika♀Little goddess
- Diksha♀Initiation
- Ebrahim♂Father of many (form of Ibrahim)
- Eesan♂Lord, master
- Fatima♀One who weans
- Gayatri♀A hymn or song in the gayatri metre
- Haribol♂One who speaks Hari
- Hedayat♂♀Guidance
- Hedayet♂♀Guidance
- Ilyas♂Arabic form of Elijah
- Ishaq♂He will laugh, he will rejoice
- Jakariya♂Yahweh has remembered
- Janardana♂The one people worship
- Kanhaiya♂Beloved Krishna
- Kannan♂Krishna
- Khadija♀Premature child
- Kuriakose♂Of the Lord
- Malaika♀Angel
- Mohammed♂The praised one
- Mohandas♂Servant of Mohana
- Murari♂An epithet of Krishna
- Mythili♀Of Mithila
- Narayan♂An epithet of Vishnu
- Narayana♂An epithet of Vishnu
- Narayanan♂A name of Narayana, the Hindu deity
- Nigmatilla♂Blessing of God
- Nishtha♀Loyalty, devotion
- Nurullah♂Light of Allah
- Pooja♀Worship
- Prahlada♂Joy
- Pranab♂Om, the sacred syllable
- Prarthana♀Prayer
- Radha♀Name of the goddess Radha, goddess of love and devotion
- Ramazan♂The month of Ramadan
- Rambol♂Speaking Rama
- Rameshwara♂Lord Rama
- Ramzan♂Ramadan, the ninth Islamic month
- Richa♀Sacred verse
- Ridwan♂Consent, approval
- Salih♂Virtuous
- Satyanarayana♂Truth
- Shahid♂Martyr
- Shambhavi♀Consort of Shiva
- Shiva♂Auspicious
- Shivansh♂Part of Shiva
- Shraddha♀Faith, belief
- Shraddhanjali♀Tribute, homage
- Siddiq♂Truthful
- Siddique♂Truthful
- Simran♂♀Remembrance
- Sivam♂Auspicious
- Subrahmanya♂Very dear to Brahmins
- Subrahmanyan♂Very dear to Brahmins
- Subramanian♂Very dear to Brahmins
- Upasana♀Worship
- Vamika♀An epithet of the goddess Durga or Parvati
- Vandana♀Praise
- Vishwas♂Trust
- Wahiduddin♂The unique one of the faith
- Yagnesh♂Lord of yajña (worship or sacrifice)
- Yahea♂Yahweh is gracious
- Yakub♂Holder of the heel
- Yaqub♂Holder of the heel
- Zakariya♂Yahweh remembers
About this list
94 Indian names whose meaning relates to faith: 61 boys, 28 girls. Most common origins: Sanskrit 59%, Arabic 29%, Tamil 9%. Other themes they share: honesty (5), leadership (4), blessing (4).
Near the top: Sai, Vaishnavi, Subramaniam, Suresh. See also all names meaning faith and the same meaning in other traditions.
See also
Other meanings (Indian Names)
Frequently asked questions
How many Indian names mean faith?
94 names: 61 for boys and 28 for girls (unisex names count in both when recorded for that gender).
Where do these names come from?
By the first origin recorded in the sources: Sanskrit 59%, Arabic 29%, Tamil 9%. The same names often also mean honesty (5), leadership (4), blessing (4).
Names are shared across communities. The categories on this site are for browsing only: they describe a name and its spelling, not anyone’s ethnicity, religion or background.