Kannada Baby Names ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಹೆಸರು

A beautiful name with a beautiful meaning for your baby 🤍
ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಹೆಸರು (Kannada Baby Names) has 23,000+ Hindu baby names for boys and girls, each written in Kannada with its meaning. Works offline.

⚠️ The app is in Kannada. You can search in English letters: type "Karthik", "Gowri" or "Manjunath" and the name comes up in Kannada.

Baby names in Kannada with meaning
• 14,000+ boy names, 8,900+ girl names and 300+ names for both
• A meaning in English for every name, and in Kannada for 23,000+
• Aarav "Peaceful; Melodious sound", Saanvi "Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Parvati", Dhruv "Pole star; Immovable"
• A name's rashi (22,000+ names) and nakshatra (15,000+) on its page, from its first letter, as naming lists give them
• The English spelling for the birth certificate and school forms: ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ — Karthik, Kartik, Kartheek

Names of the family deity
• Manjunath (Dharmasthala), Venkatesh and Thimmappa (Tirupati), Chamundeshwari (Mysuru), Banashankari (Badami), Yellamma (Saundatti), Raghavendra (Mantralayam), Mallikarjuna (Srisailam)
• Gods: Krishna, Shiva, Ganesh, Skanda
• Goddesses: Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati, Sita, Gowri
• Sharanas and names of Shiva: Basavanna, Basavaraj, Channabasava, Akkamahadevi, Siddalinga

Modern names
• Boys: Aarav, Advik, Shreyas, Samarth, Yash, Dhruv
• Girls: Saanvi, Aadya, Samanvi, Ishanvi, Ananya, Spoorthi

Proud Karnataka names
• Rivers: Kaveri, Sharavathi, Netravathi
• Brave women: Kittur Rani Chennamma, Onake Obavva, Rani Abbakka

Easy search
• Type in Kannada or in English letters: "ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್", "Karthik" or "Kartik" all find ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್
• Gowri or Gauri → ಗೌರಿ · Cauvery → ಕಾವೇರಿ · Laxmi → ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ · Sphoorthi → ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ
• A Kannada letter index: tap a first letter to see its names
• Only boy names or only girl names with one tap

For the naming ceremony (namakarana)
• Swipe left or right to go from one name to the next
• Can't decide? The dice 🎲 picks a name from 3,000+ well-known ones
• Save the names you like to Favourites; the names you opened last stay at the top of the list
• Share a name and its meaning with family on WhatsApp or any app

Can't find a name?
No book has every name. With "ಹೆಸರು ಕೇಳಿ" (request a name), ask for a name you didn't find and vote on other parents' requests. We add the most-voted names first.

Works offline 📴
Every name and meaning is inside the app: at home, in the hospital or on the road. Only requests, votes and sharing need a connection. No account, no sign-up.

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