Hindu Boy Names

A Hindu boy name often arrives with a whole epic folded inside it, and that is precisely the appeal — you are not just choosing a sound, you are handing him a story he will grow into. Families searching for Hindu boy names tend to start with the great figures. Arjun belongs to the archer prince at the center of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. Agastya is the name of a revered ancient sage. Rishi is the Sanskrit word for a seer or sage itself, and Dhruv is the pole star — fixed, steady, the one point that never moves.

The modern shortlist is lighter on the tongue and rising fast on U.S. birth certificates. Aarav, Vihaan, Ishaan and Avyaan are the names you now hear called across playgrounds from New Jersey to the Bay Area, each one crisp and easy for teachers to manage. Between the two moods sit the compact, meaning-rich picks: Veer means brave, Ravi is the sun, Ved points back to the Vedas and knowledge, and Rohan has quietly become one of the most portable Indian names in the English-speaking world.

Every name below opens to its full page — a sourced meaning, its Sanskrit roots where we can trace them, its U.S. popularity, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it before you fall for it.