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Indian baby names starting with A

We publish 66 names beginning with A — 37 boys', 25 girls' and 4 unisex. Every one is listed with the Devanagari spelling our transliteration engine produces and the Chaldean root number of its full spelling, and with its meaning where we have verified one against a citable source.

Below the lists: how these names distribute across the Chaldean root numbers, and which nakshatra syllables their opening sounds belong to.

66 names 37 boys' 25 girls' 4 unisex 9 root numbers 46 verified meanings

A in Devanagari

Roman spelling hides the vowel length that Devanagari writes out. Our transliteration engine opens these names on 3 different aksharas.

अ54 names आ11 names ऐ1 name

The 66 names

Devanagari from our transliteration engine; the number is the Chaldean reduction of the spelling shown.

Boys' names starting with A

37 names, alphabetically.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Aakash आकाश 4 ♅ Uranus sky
Aarav आरव 2 ☽ Moon peaceful; a calm sound
Abdul अब्दुल 7 ♆ Neptune —
Abhishek अभिषेक 6 ♀ Venus sprinkling, anointing
Aditya अदित्या 3 ♃ Jupiter the sun; son of Aditi
Advik अद्विक 5 ☿ Mercury unique, one of a kind
Ajay अजय 4 ♅ Uranus unconquerable, invincible, unvanquishable
Ajeet अजीत 7 ♆ Neptune —
Ajit अजीत 7 ♆ Neptune unconquered
Akash आकाश 3 ♃ Jupiter sky
Akhilesh अखिलेश 7 ♆ Neptune God
Akram अक्रम 1 ☉ Sun —
Akshay अक्षय 4 ♅ Uranus exempt from decay, undecaying
Aman अमन 2 ☽ Moon peace, tranquility
Amar अमर 8 ♄ Saturn immortal, eternal, deathless, undying
Amarjeet अमर्जीत 5 ☿ Mercury —
Amir अमीर 8 ♄ Saturn rich, wealthy
Amit अमित 1 ☉ Sun limitless, unlimited, boundless
Anand आनंद 7 ♆ Neptune bliss, pleasure, happiness, joy
Anil अनिल 1 ☉ Sun air, wind
Anish अनिश 6 ♀ Venus —
Ankit अंकित 4 ♅ Uranus marked, noted
Ankur अंकुर 7 ♆ Neptune shoot, bud, sprout
Ansh अंश 5 ☿ Mercury a portion; part of something greater
Anuj अनुज 4 ♅ Uranus —
Anurag अनुराग 9 ♂ Mars higher love
Arif अरिफ 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Arjun अर्जुन 6 ♀ Venus bright, shining; the Mahabharata hero
Arun अरुण 5 ☿ Mercury reddish brown, tawny, ruddy
Arvind अरविन्द 1 ☉ Sun lotus
Ashish अशिश 9 ♂ Mars —
Ashok अशोक 9 ♂ Mars —
Ashwani अश्वनि 4 ♅ Uranus —
Atharv अथर्व 1 ☉ Sun the first Veda; knowledge
Atul अतुल 5 ☿ Mercury incomparable, unequalled, matchless, unparalleled
Avinash अविनाश 4 ♅ Uranus indestructible, imperishable, immortal
Ayaan अयान 9 ♂ Mars gift of God; a period of time

Girls' names starting with A

25 names, alphabetically.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Aadhya आध्या 4 ♅ Uranus the first power; a name of Devi
Aaradhya आरध्या 7 ♆ Neptune worshipped; one who is adored
Aarti आरती 9 ♂ Mars aarti (a type of worship ritual involving candles)
Aasha आशा 2 ☽ Moon hope
Afsana अफ़साना 1 ☉ Sun tale, story
Aisha ऐशा 2 ☽ Moon alive; prosperous
Alka अल्का 7 ♆ Neptune —
Amrita अम्रिता 4 ♅ Uranus —
Ananya अनन्या 5 ☿ Mercury unique; without equal
Anika अनिका 1 ☉ Sun grace; a name of Durga
Anita अनिता 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Anjali अंजलि 3 ♃ Jupiter the gesture in which the hands are placed together in greeting
Anjli अंजलि 2 ☽ Moon the gesture in which the hands are placed together in greeting
Anju अंजु 4 ♅ Uranus —
Anjum अंजुम 8 ♄ Saturn —
Ankita अंकिता 5 ☿ Mercury —
Annu अन्नु 8 ♄ Saturn —
Anu अनु 3 ♃ Jupiter —
Anuradha अनुरधा 7 ♆ Neptune —
Anvi अन्वि 4 ♅ Uranus a name of Goddess Lakshmi; one who follows
Archana अर्चना 9 ♂ Mars worship
Archna अर्चना 8 ♄ Saturn worship
Arti आरती 8 ♄ Saturn aarti (a type of worship ritual involving candles)
Asha आशा 1 ☉ Sun hope
Avni अव्नि 4 ♅ Uranus the earth

Unisex names starting with A

4 names the corpus records as used for either.

NameDevanagariChaldean rootMeaning
Aditi अदिति 2 ☽ Moon freedom, safety
Ali अलि 5 ☿ Mercury —
Anshu अंशु 2 ☽ Moon ray, beam, sunbeam
Ashu आशु 6 ♀ Venus fast

A blank meaning is one we have not verified against a citable source. We would rather leave the cell empty than fill it with a plausible guess.

Chaldean root numbers under A

Every name above reduced by the Chaldean method — how the letter actually distributes, counted rather than asserted.

RootRuling planetNamesFields traditionally favoured
Root 4 ♅ Uranus 12 Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing
Root 7 ♆ Neptune 9 Research, Spirituality, Independent consulting
Root 1 ☉ Sun 8 Leadership, Politics, Entrepreneurship
Root 5 ☿ Mercury 8 Media, SaaS / Tech, Communication
Root 2 ☽ Moon 7 Hospitality, Diplomacy, Wellness
Root 3 ♃ Jupiter 6 Education, Publishing, Wisdom-focused brands
Root 8 ♄ Saturn 6 Banking, Insurance, Real estate
Root 9 ♂ Mars 6 Defence, Sports, Surgery
Root 6 ♀ Venus 4 Luxury, Fashion, Beauty

Where names starting with A sit in the Avakahada chakra

The chakra is a table of 108 syllables, not of letters — it is the opening sound that places a name, so one letter can spread across several birth stars.

Opening syllableNamesNakshatraRashi
A 66 🔥 Krittika · pada 1 Mesha

Traditionally the table runs the other way: a pandit reads the birth star and pada from the janam kundli and hands the family a syllable to start the name with. The birth chart is the authority, not the name. This is the reverse lookup, useful once you already have a name in mind.

Questions parents ask about names starting with A

How many Indian baby names starting with A does Naam Dekho publish?

66 — 37 boys', 25 girls' and 4 unisex. Each has its own page carrying the name in ten Indian scripts, its Chaldean reading and its short forms. The list is what our corpus actually holds and it grows as the corpus does; nothing is padded to make the letter look fuller.

Which nakshatra do names starting with A belong to?

The letter does not decide it — the opening sound does. Names on this page open on A, which the Avakahada chakra places in Krittika. A child's actual birth star comes from the Moon's position in the janam kundli, not from the spelling of a name.

Do all names starting with A share the same numerology number?

No. Chaldean numerology values every letter of the spelling, not just the first: A is worth 1, and the rest of the name decides the total. The 66 names here fall across 9 different root numbers — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 — so two names beginning with A can carry completely different readings.

How is a name starting with A written in Hindi?

Not always the same way. These names open on 3 different Devanagari aksharas — अ (54), आ (11) and ऐ (1) — because Devanagari writes the vowel length that roman spelling only hints at. Every name page shows the full spelling in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi and Odia.

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The same letter split by gender — each page groups its names by Chaldean root

The letters either side of A

Every letter we publish. A letter gets a page once the corpus carries 12 names under it; until then its names sit in the full index

The 9 Chaldean root numbers these names carry

Name pages — the name in ten Indian scripts, its full Chaldean reading, the birth star its first sound belongs to, and the short forms families use