Indira
Indira is a girl name of Sanskrit origin, meaning Beauty; splendour.
What Indira means
Beauty; splendour.
Indira sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Indira comes from
Sanskrit names draw on a devotional and literary tradition thousands of years old. Many are epithets of deities or qualities from classical texts, which is why their meanings tend to be abstract virtues rather than objects.
Indira is recorded as Sanskrit in origin. Browse other Sanskrit names.
How popular is Indira?
You will not find Indira in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Indira
Indira spans grace and gentleness and light and brightness, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Indira
These share Indira's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aoibhinn — Radiant and beautiful.
- Bronwyn — Fair and pure of breast.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Nuala — White shoulder; fair.
- Hadar — Splendour; glory.
- Aahana — First rays of the morning sun.
- Ananya — Unique; matchless.
- Diya — Lamp, light.
- Esha — Desire; pure.
- Gauri — Fair; the goddess Parvati.
- Lavanya — Grace and beauty.
- Pari — Fairy; angel.