Indian Names
Indian names meaning purity
31 names
Names most common in the JPN data for the 2010s come first.
- Names
- 31
- Boy
- 12
- Girl
- 19
- Origins
- 4
Language of origin
Boy: 12 Girl: 19
Names
- Punitha♀Purified
- Pavitra♀Pure
- Kamala♀Lotus
- Nirmala♀Pure
- Vimala♀Pure, clean
- Pavithran♂Pure
- Arvind♂Lotus
- Kamalam♀Lotus
- Thirumurugan♂Sacred Murugan
- Abhishek♂Anointing with sacred water
- Amala♀Clean, pure
- Arvinda♂Lotus
- Chandan♂Sandalwood
- Ganga♀The river Ganges
- Gauri♀White, fair
- Himani♀Glacier
- Kailash♂Name of a sacred Himalayan mountain
- Kumari♀Young girl
- Mahagauri♀Great Gauri (fair, brilliant)
- Mrinal♂Fibres of a lotus stalk
- Nalini♀Lotus
- Neeraj♂Lotus
- Padma♀Lotus
- Pavan♂Wind
- Pundarika♂White lotus
- Sati♀Good and faithful wife
- Satvik♂Pure
- Shubha♀Auspicious, good, pure
- Shuchita♀Purity, cleanliness
- Shweta♀White
- Venba♀White, pure + stanza (venba, a Tamil poetic metre)
About this list
31 Indian names whose meaning relates to purity: 12 boys, 19 girls. Most common origins: Sanskrit 84%, Tamil 10%, Hindi 6%. Other themes they share: flowers (9), nature (3), honesty (3).
Near the top: Punitha, Pavitra, Kamala, Nirmala. See also all names meaning purity and the same meaning in other traditions.
See also
Other meanings (Indian Names)
Frequently asked questions
How many Indian names mean purity?
31 names: 12 for boys and 19 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 84%, Tamil 10%, Hindi 6%. The same names often also mean flowers (9), nature (3), honesty (3).
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.