Baby Name Finder
Find baby boy and girl names with meanings from Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi traditions, filtered by letter and length.
About this tool
Baby Name Finder
Find baby boy and girl names with meanings from Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi traditions, filtered by letter and length.
Search meaningful baby names from seven traditions in one place. Pick a tradition, filter by first letter, gender and length, and shortlist names with their meanings. This page brings together 10 separate baby name finder pages (Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Parsi, Sikh, By first letter, Combine parents' initials, Shortlist & vote) so you can compare them without hunting for the right one.
How to use Baby Name Finder
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Open Baby Name Finder on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
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Choose your religion at the top: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain and 3 more. On a phone it is a drop-down list.
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Fill in the baby name finder for that religion; each of the 10 options keeps its own rules, data and defaults.
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Read the result, then switch religion to compare. The page link keeps your religion (?v=buddhist), so you can bookmark or share it.
Why use Baby Name Finder
All 10 in one place
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and the rest sit behind one picker, so switching religion takes a tap instead of a new search.
Built for each option
Every religion keeps its own rules, numbers and defaults rather than one generic template.
Shareable view
The link remembers the religion you picked, so a bookmark or a shared link opens straight on it.
Common use cases
- Find a short, easy-to-spell name under six letters that still carries a classical Pali meaning, such as Metta, Khema or Bodhi.
- You want a name that shares an initial with a grandparent — filter to a single starting letter and see every biblical name that begins with it, meaning and figure attached.
- Turn the nakshatra and pada given by the family priest or astrologer into an actual shortlist of names.
- Shortlist names tied to a particular Tirthankara whose kalyanak your family observes.
Frequently asked questions
Which religion options does this tool cover?
10: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Parsi, Sikh, By first letter, Combine parents' initials, Shortlist & vote. Pick one at the top of the tool; the page link updates (for example ?v=buddhist) so you can bookmark or share that exact view.
What are the four brahmavihara names used for Buddhist babies?
Metta (loving-kindness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (sympathetic joy) and Upekkha (equanimity) are the four brahmaviharas, and all four are used as given names. The Sanskrit forms are Maitri, Karuna, Mudita and Upeksha.
How many names are in the list?
116, split 72 boys' names and 44 girls' names. They break down by source into 46 Old Testament, 37 New Testament, 29 saints and tradition, and 4 virtue names.
How do I find a baby name from the nakshatra?
The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13 degrees 20 minutes each, and each nakshatra into four padas. Every pada has an assigned syllable — Rohini's four are O, Va, Vi and Vu — and the child's name traditionally begins with the syllable of the pada the Moon occupied at birth.
What are traditional Jain names based on?
Most come from four places: the names and epithets of the 24 Tirthankaras, the ten virtues of the Das Lakshana Dharma such as kshama and sanyam, doctrinal terms like anekant, bhavya and nirjara, and figures from Jain history and the Agamas including Mahavir's parents Siddharth and Trishala.
Can I name my child Abdul?
Not on its own. Abd means servant and Abdul means servant of the — the phrase is incomplete without a following name of Allah, as in Abdul Rahman (servant of the Most Merciful) or Abdul Aziz. Classical scholars hold that Abd should be joined only to a name of Allah.
What are Parsi names usually based on?
Four sources dominate: the Amesha Spentas and yazatas of Zoroastrian scripture, the thirty named days of the Zoroastrian month, the Shahnameh's kings and heroes, and the names of historical Persian rulers. Descriptive Persian words such as Roshan (bright), Zarine (golden) and Shirin (sweet) make up most of the rest.
How is a Sikh baby's name traditionally chosen?
By Hukamnama: the Guru Granth Sahib is opened at random and the first letter of the first word of the shabad on the left-hand page becomes the first letter of the child's name. The family then chooses a name starting with that letter, and Singh or Kaur is added.