Nepali Baby Girl Names with Meanings

Nepali parents often name a daughter after the goddesses of Dashain and Tihar, Sita of Janakpur, the Himalaya or a word of everyday Nepali, and some spellings, like Dikshya and Sapana, are heard mostly among Nepali speakers. Here are Nepali baby girl names with their meanings and Devanagari spellings, from goddess names to classic and modern favourites.

1. Names of Goddesses

Dashain, Nepal's biggest festival, honours Durga, and at Tihar families light lamps for Laxmi. In Kathmandu a young girl is worshipped as the Kumari, the living goddess, and Sita is said to have been born in Janakpur, in Mithila.

Names For Girls

Name	Meaning
Durga	The invincible goddess, honoured at Dashain (दुर्गा)
Laxmi	The goddess of wealth, honoured at Tihar (लक्ष्मी)
Kumari	A maiden; the living goddess of Kathmandu (कुमारी)
Sita	The furrow; Sita of Janakpur (सीता)
Janaki	Daughter of King Janak, Sita (जानकी)
Maithili	Of Mithila, Sita (मैथिली)

2. Names from the Himalaya and Lumbini

Annapurna is both a goddess and one of Nepal's great mountain ranges. Maya Devi gave birth to the Buddha at Lumbini, and the monsoon rains feed the waterfalls of the hills.

Names For Girls

Name	Meaning
Annapurna	Full of food; the goddess and the Himalayan range (अन्नपूर्णा)
Himani	Snow (हिमानी)
Lumbini	After Lumbini, the Buddha's birthplace (लुम्बिनी)
Maya	Divine power; the Buddha's mother, Maya Devi (माया)
Barsha	Rain (वर्षा)
Jharna	A waterfall (झरना)

3. Names in the Nepali Style

These names are heard all over South Asia, but these spellings, with b for v and ksh written as kshya, are typically Nepali.

Names For Girls

Name	Meaning
Sapana	A dream (सपना)
Srijana	Creation (सृजना)
Shristi	Creation, the universe (सृष्टि)
Dikshya	Initiation (दीक्षा)
Binita	Humble, modest (विनीता)
Bimala	Pure (विमला)
Asmita	Self-respect, pride (अस्मिता)
Trishna	Longing, desire (तृष्णा)

4. Classic Nepali Girl Names

These names were common among Nepali girls through the twentieth century and are still well loved.

Names For Girls

Name	Meaning
Kamala	The lotus (कमला)
Sarita	A river (सरिता)
Sabina	A Sabine woman, from the Latin (सबिना)
Sangita	Music (सङ्गीता)
Sunita	Well-mannered (सुनिता)
Pratima	An image, an idol (प्रतिमा)
Kalpana	Imagination (कल्पना)
Sushmita	One with a lovely smile (सुस्मिता)

5. Modern Nepali Girl Names

Modern Nepali parents favour short names with a soft sound.

Names For Girls

Name	Meaning
Aakriti	Shape, form (आकृति)
Prakriti	Nature (प्रकृति)
Anusha	Born under the Anuradha star (अनुषा)
Rashmi	A ray of light (रश्मि)
Sarina	Serene, calm (सरिना)
Alisha	Noble, from the Germanic (अलिशा)