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Characters: Indian names and surnames

India, a land of diverse cultures, languages, and traditions, has a rich heritage reflected in its names. Below is a compilation of 50 Indian female names, 50 Indian male names, and 50 Indian surnames. These names, chosen for their significance and beauty, can be used to characterize Indian-origin characters in novels of any genre.



traditional indian woman


50 Indian Female Names:

  1. Aaradhya

  2. Ananya

  3. Aishwarya

  4. Bhavya

  5. Chitra

  6. Divya

  7. Esha

  8. Gauri

  9. Himani

  10. Ishani

  11. Jaya

  12. Kavya

  13. Lata

  14. Meera

  15. Nandini

  16. Ojasvi

  17. Pallavi

  18. Radhika

  19. Saanvi

  20. Tanvi

  21. Urvi

  22. Vaishnavi

  23. Yashasvi

  24. Zoya

  25. Anika

  26. Priya

  27. Sneha

  28. Tara

  29. Vidya

  30. Bharti

  31. Chhavi

  32. Deepika

  33. Ekta

  34. Farah

  35. Gitanjali

  36. Harini

  37. Indira

  38. Jhanvi

  39. Kirti

  40. Leela

  41. Mahi

  42. Nisha

  43. Oviya

  44. Poonam

  45. Radha

  46. Shreya

  47. Trisha

  48. Uma

  49. Varsha

  50. Yamini



50 Indian Male Names:

  1. Aarav

  2. Arjun

  3. Akash

  4. Bhavesh

  5. Chandan

  6. Dev

  7. Eshan

  8. Gaurav

  9. Harsh

  10. Ishaan

  11. Jai

  12. Karan

  13. Laksh

  14. Manish

  15. Nikhil

  16. Om

  17. Pranav

  18. Raj

  19. Sahil

  20. Tarun

  21. Uday

  22. Vikas

  23. Yash

  24. Anil

  25. Prakash

  26. Vikram

  27. Deepak

  28. Rohit

  29. Abhishek

  30. Rishi

  31. Ayaan

  32. Suraj

  33. Nitin

  34. Mohit

  35. Aditya

  36. Sanjay

  37. Kunal

  38. Raghav

  39. Varun

  40. Tejas

  41. Siddharth

  42. Vijay

  43. Anuj

  44. Dhruv

  45. Parth

  46. Shankar

  47. Naveen

  48. Aniket

  49. Hitesh

  50. Jaideep



50 Indian Surnames:

  1. Sharma

  2. Patel

  3. Gupta

  4. Singh

  5. Rao

  6. Iyer

  7. Pillai

  8. Das

  9. Verma

  10. Mehta

  11. Nair

  12. Joshi

  13. Reddy

  14. Bhattacharya

  15. Chatterjee

  16. Shukla

  17. Ghosh

  18. Mukherjee

  19. Desai

  20. Kulkarni

  21. Kapoor

  22. Jain

  23. Choudhary

  24. Khan

  25. Srivastava

  26. Agrawal

  27. Saxena

  28. Malhotra

  29. Trivedi

  30. Mishra

  31. Rao

  32. Dubey

  33. Pandey

  34. Kaur

  35. Chauhan

  36. Bajpai

  37. Dutta

  38. Luthra

  39. Bhatt

  40. Sinha

  41. Vaidya

  42. Bhatnagar

  43. Kaul

  44. Chauhan

  45. Mahajan

  46. Kapoor

  47. Naik

  48. Basu

  49. Dixit

  50. Kohli

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