Baby Name Generator

It draws ten names at random from fixed banks of real, hand-picked names — it does not mash syllables together or invent spellings, so everything it suggests is a name children actually carry. There are four banks of about fifty names each: Indian boy, Indian girl, international boy and international girl. Your filters decide which banks are in play: boy plus Indian draws only from the Indian boy bank, while 'surprise me' and 'both styles' mix all four. Randomness comes from your browser's cryptographic random function, the same source used for security work, so sets stay fresh and unbiased no matter how many times you press Generate.

They are the meanings commonly given by standard baby-name references — Aarav is 'peaceful sound', Diya is 'a lamp', Sophia is 'wisdom'. Meanings are only printed where they are well established. Some modern favourites, and a few names that travelled between languages, have genuinely uncertain origins; for those, this tool prints no meaning rather than guessing or repeating a pretty story that may not be true. If a particular meaning matters to your family — for religious or personal reasons — treat the one shown here as a starting point and confirm it in a reference you trust, because sources do sometimes differ.

Yes — that is what the starting letter filter is for. Many Indian families choose a name by its first letter, traditionally suggested by the baby's janam kundali (birth chart), and other families simply want to match a sibling or a grandparent. Pick the letter and every generated set will contain only names beginning with it. One caution: popular letters like A hold plenty of names in every bank, while letters like Q, U, X and Y hold few or none in some banks — if a combination has fewer than ten names, the tool shows you all of them and tells you so, rather than repeating names to fill the list.

The Indian banks hold names rooted in Sanskrit, Hindi and other Indian languages and traditions — Aarav, Diya, Krishna, Lakshmi — including modern favourites like Kiara-adjacent spellings that Indian parents are choosing today. The international banks hold names most common in English-speaking countries, many of them with Hebrew, Greek, Latin or Germanic roots — Noah, Olivia, Theodore, Freya. Neither bank is 'better'; they suit different families, languages and pronunciations. Choosing 'both styles' mixes them, which is handy for families blending two cultures — just say each mixed shortlist aloud to check the names sit comfortably together.

Press the star (★) button beside any name and it moves into the favourites list under the results, where it stays while you keep generating. When you are done, the Copy favourites button copies the whole shortlist as text, ready to paste into a message or notes app — the usual way couples and families vote on names. Nothing is stored on any server and nothing is kept after you close the page, so copy your favourites before you leave. If you want a paper trail for the family group chat, pasting the copied list into WhatsApp or email works perfectly.

Say each candidate out loud, in full, with your surname — some names sing alone and stumble in combination. Check the initials do not spell something unfortunate, and think about the nicknames the name invites, because playgrounds will find them all. Picture the name on a school register, a wedding invitation and a CEO's nameplate; a good name works at every age. If family elders are involved, sharing your shortlist early avoids late surprises. And remember that millions of parents felt exactly this stuck and their children grew into their names beautifully — trust the shortlist, sleep on it, and pick the one you keep saying first.