Telugu Names
Telugu names are used in eastern India. See also about Indian names.
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Telugu
218Sri is an Indonesian and southern Indian form of the Sanskrit honorific Shri, a word meaning "diffusing light, radiance, beauty". In Tamil and Telugu cultures, Sri is commonly used as a given name, often as a short form...
Sridevi is a variant of the name Shridevi, which is a compound name from the Hindu goddess Shri (meaning "diffusing light, radiance, beauty" in Sanskrit) and the Sanskrit word devī (meaning "goddess"). This name serves a...
Srinivas is a Southern Indian form of Shrinivas. It is a common masculine given name in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking regions. The name is deeply rooted in Hindu tradition, particularly within Vaishnavism, which ve...
Subrahmanya is a masculine given name of Telugu origin, derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" and ब्रह्मन् (brahman) meaning "devout worshipper." This name is deeply rooted in Hinduism and functions as...
Sudarshan is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, prevalent across several South Indian languages including Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. The name derives from the Sanskrit prefix su meaning "good" co...
Sudheer is an Indian given name predominantly used in the Kannada- and Telugu-speaking regions of southern India. It is an alternate transcription of the Telugu సుధీర్ or Kannada ಸುಧೀರ್, which are variant forms of the na...
Sudhir is an Indian masculine given name. Derived from Sanskrit, it combines the prefix सु (su) meaning "good" or "very" with धीर (dhīra) meaning "wise" or "considerate," yielding the overall sense of "very wise" or "res...
Sujatha is a South Indian and Sinhala form of Sujata, a name derived from Sanskrit. The name Sujatha embodies the meaning "well-born," combining the Sanskrit prefix su ("good") with jāta ("born, grown"). It is a feminine...
Sukanya (Sanskrit: सुकन्या) is a feminine name used across several Indian languages including Bengali, Thai, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and others, particularly within Hindu communities. It is derived from the Sanskrit pref...
Sulochana is a feminine Sanskrit name meaning "having beautiful eyes," derived from the prefix su (good) and locana (eye). In later versions of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Sulochana appears as the daughter of the serpen...
Suman is a unisex given name of Indian origin, particularly common in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. It is derived from the Sanskrit prefix su- (good) combined with manas (mind), meaning "well-disposed" or "good mind." Th...
Sunil is a male given name common in South Asia, particularly in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Derived from the Sanskrit elements su meaning "good" or "very" and nīla meaning "dark blue," the name Sunil evokes the sense o...
Sunitha is a Southern Indian feminine name, primarily used in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu language communities. It is a regional variant of Sunita.EtymologyThe name Sunita derives from Sanskrit elements: the pr...
Surendra is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, primarily used in Nepal, India (among Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu speakers), and by followers of Hinduism. The name is a testament to the deep-rooted onomastic tradit...
Suresh is a modern form of Suresha, a masculine given name widely used across India, particularly in Nepali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking communities. The name derives from the Sanskrit...
Surya ( Sanskrit: सूर्य ) is a masculine name widely used across South Asia, meaning "sun" in Sanskrit. In Hinduism, Surya is the name of the Vedic solar deity, often depicted riding a chariot across the sky pulled by se...
Swapna is a feminine given name used primarily in Marathi and Telugu-speaking regions of India. It derives from the Sanskrit word svapna, which means "sleep" or "dream." The name thus carries connotations of dreams, rest...
Swarna (Sanskrit: स्वर्ण/स्वर्णा) is an Indian unisex name deeply rooted in the Sanskrit language. It means "good colour" or "golden", contracted from the prefix सु (su) meaning "good" and वर्ण (varṇa) meaning "colour"....
Swathi is a Southern Indian feminine given name, the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu form of Swati. Swathi ultimately derives from the name of the star system Swati (also known as Arcturus), the fourth brightest star in the...
Uma is a feminine given name with roots in Sanskrit, where it means "flax." In Hinduism, it is an epithet of the goddess Parvati, the divine consort of Shiva. The name is also associated with words like "tranquillity," "...
Usha is a feminine given name widely used across Nepali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindu contexts. It is fundamentally a variant of Ushas, the Vedic goddess of dawn, whose name in Sanskrit me...
Vaishnavi is a feminine given name of Sanskrit origin, derived from the name of the Hindu god Vishnu, meaning "belonging to Vishnu". In Hindu tradition, Vaishnavi is the shakti (divine energy) of Vishnu and is often iden...
Vasanth is a Southern Indian given name, particularly common in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking communities. It is a regional form of the Sanskrit name Vasanta, which means "spring" in Sanskrit. In Hindu tradition, V...
Vasu is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, meaning "excellent, good, wealthy, bright." In Hindu mythology, the Vasus are a group of eight elemental deities associated with fire and light, who serve as attendants...
Vasundhara (also romanized as Vasundharā) is a feminine Indian given name of Sanskrit origin. It means “possessor of wealth” – a compound of vasu (“wealth” or “good”
Veda is a feminine given name of Sanskrit origin, meaning "knowledge". It is used primarily in Indian languages such as Kannada and Telugu. The name is directly derived from the Vedas, a large body of religious texts tha...
Venkat is a given name and surname commonly used in southern India, particularly among Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam speakers. It is a variant of Venkata, which itself derives from the name of a sacred hill in An...
Venkata is a male given name common in southern India, particularly among Telugu-, Kannada-, Malayalam-, and Tamil-speaking communities. The name derives from the Sanskrit वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa), which itself is a loanword fro...
Vidya is a feminine given name of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit word vidyā, meaning "knowledge, science, learning". In Hinduism, Vidya is another name of the goddess Saraswati, the deity of wisdom, arts, and k...
Vijay is a modern masculine form of Vijaya, a name meaning "victory" in Sanskrit. It is widely used across the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Punjabi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking...
Vijaya is a unisex name of Sanskrit origin, directly meaning "victory" in that ancient language. In Devanagari script, the masculine form is विजय (short final vowel) and the feminine form is विजया (long final vowel), bot...
Vikram is a modern form of the Sanskrit name Vikrama, ultimately derived from विक्रम (vikrama), meaning “stride, pace” or “valour.” It is used widely across Indian languages, including Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,...
Vinod is a male given name primarily used in India and Sri Lanka. Deriving from the Sanskrit word विनोद (vinoda), it means "pleasure," "happiness," or "diversion." The name is common across many Indian language communiti...
Vishal is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin. The name is drawn from the Sanskrit word viśāla (विशाल), meaning “wide, broad, spacious.” By extension, it conveys ideas of greatness, grandeur, magnificence, prominence, an...
Vishnu is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, known as the preserver and protector of the universe. In Sanskrit, his name probably means "all-pervasive," derived from the root विष् (viṣ) meaning "to pervade, to spr...
Vivek is a masculine given name popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It originates from Sanskrit विवेक (viveka), meaning "wisdom, distinction, discrimination". The name is derived from the viveka eleme...
Yamuna is the name of a sacred river in India, as well as a Hindu goddess. Derived from Sanskrit यम (yama) meaning "twin", the name reflects the river's legendary association with Yama, the god of death, who is considere...
Yashoda is a Hindu feminine name deeply rooted in Indian mythology and devotion. The name is derived from Sanskrit yaśas (यशस्), meaning "fame" or "glory", combined with dā (दा, to give), thus signifying "giver of fame"...