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Names starting with Hi

ही (Hi) is the naming syllable of Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 4, in Karka rashi. These are the 27 names in Kalava's list that begin with it, each with its meaning as the Sanskrit dictionary prints it.

Girls · 6 Boys · 18 A girl or a boy · 3

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Girls6

  1. Hima हिमा attested

    a name of Durga; (only with śata) the cold season, winter

    himā · MW 1298,3 · Apte 1172

  2. Hiba हिबा regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  3. Hinaa हीना attested

    left, abandoned, forsaken

    hīna · MW 1296,2 · Apte 1173

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  4. Himaja हिमजा attested

    a name of the Goddess (Devi); a kind of plant = kṣiriṇī

    himajā · MW 1299,1

  5. Hindi हिण्डी attested

    a name of Durga

    hiṇḍī · MW 1298,2 · Apte 1171

    Known only from the old word-lists, not from literature.

  6. Hira हीरा attested

    a name of Lakshmi; a kind of ant or moth

    hīrā · MW 1300,3 · Apte 1173

Boys18

  1. Himanshu हिमांशु attested

    ‘cool-rayed’, the moon, Kā

    himāṃśu · MW 1299,1

  2. Hitesh हितेश regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  3. Heeran हीरन् regional

    the Tamil/Malayalam form of hīra: a name of Shiva; a diamond

    hīra · MW 1300,3 · Apte 1173

  4. Heerasimh हीरसिंह compound

    a diamond + ‘the powerful one’

    hīra + siṃha · MW 1300,3; 1213,1

  5. Hiraday हीरादय compound

    a diamond + merciless, unkind

    hīra + adaya · MW 1300,3; 18,1

  6. Hiru हिरु attested

    N. of a man

    hiru · MW 1300,2

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  7. Hinduka हिण्डुक attested

    a name of Shiva

    hiṇḍuka · MW 1298,2

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  8. Hinsra हिंस्र attested

    a name of Shiva; a man who delights in injuring living creatures; also injurious, mischievous, hurtful, destructive

    hiṃsra · MW 1298,1 · Apte 1171

  9. Hiranmaya हिरण्मय attested

    a name of Brahma; golden, gold-coloured

    hiraṇmaya · MW 1299,3 · Apte 1172

  10. Hiranyabahu हिरण्यबाहु attested

    a name of Shiva; golden-armed

    hiraṇyabāhu · MW 1300,1

  11. Hiranyagarbha हिरण्यगर्भ attested

    a name of Brahma; a golden fetus

    hiraṇyagarbha · MW 1299,3

  12. Hiranyahasta हिरण्यहस्त attested

    a name of Surya; golden-handed

    hiraṇyahasta · MW 1300,2

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  13. Hiranyakesha हिरण्यकेश attested

    a name of Vishnu; gold-haired, gold maned

    hiraṇyakeśa · MW 1299,3

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  14. Hiranyanabha हिरण्यनाभ attested

    ‘having a golden navel’, N. of Viṣṇu

    hiraṇyanābha · MW 1300,1

  15. Hiranyareta हिरण्यरेत attested

    a name of Agni; having golden seed

    hiraṇyaretas · MW 1300,1

  16. Hiranyavan हिरण्यवान् attested

    a name of Agni; possessing gold

    hiraṇyavat · MW 1300,1

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  17. Hiranyaka हिरण्यक attested

    eagerness for gold

    hiraṇyaka · MW 1300,2

  18. Hiranyaksha हिरण्याक्ष attested

    golden-eyed

    hiraṇyākṣa · MW 1300,2

A girl or a boy3

  1. Hira हीर attested

    a name of Shiva; a diamond

    hīra · MW 1300,3 · Apte 1173

  2. Hiran हिरण attested

    gold

    hiraṇa · MW 1299,3 · Apte 1172

    Neuter in Sanskrit; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name; known only from the old word-lists, not from literature.

  3. Him हिम attested

    a pearl; also frost, hoar-frost, snow (rarely ‘ice’)

    hima · MW 1298,3 · Apte 1172

    Neuter in Sanskrit.

What the grades mean
attested
The name is a word in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit dictionary, and the meaning is the dictionary's own.
compound
Two dictionary words joined; the meaning gives both halves.
regional
Not a Sanskrit word as it is written, but long given in Indian families: it is in the Indian electoral rolls. A Tamil or Malayalam form of a Sanskrit name says so, and takes that word's meaning.
modern coinage
Not a Sanskrit word and not in the rolls: a recent name, seen in US or UK birth registers.

MW is Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), by page and column; Apte is The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), by page. Where a name is not a Sanskrit word, its Devanagari is worked out from the English spelling.

The four padas of Punarvasu: के Ke · को Ko · हा Ha · ही Hi

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Meanings from Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), and Apte, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), as digitised by the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, CC BY-SA 4.0. Popularity from the US Social Security Administration (public domain), the Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0) and Indian electoral-roll first names (Chintalapati, Laohaprapanon and Sood, CC0). Kalava's names data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The licence. This page is shared under the same licence.