Sindhi Baby Boy Names with Meanings

Sindhi families often name a son after Jhulelal and the river Indus, the saints of Sindh, or with a classic name ending in -chand, -ram or -das. Sindhi surnames are often formed from an ancestor's name with -ani, as in Advani and Hiranandani. Sindhi is written in both the Perso-Arabic and the Devanagari script; here are Sindhi baby boy names with their meanings, spelt in Devanagari.

1. Names from Jhulelal and the Indus

Jhulelal, also called Uderolal, Amarlal and Darya Shah, is the beloved deity of Sindhi Hindus, a form of Varuna who rose from the Indus. His birthday, Cheti Chand, is the Sindhi New Year, and many boy names come from him and from the waters of the river.

Names For Boys

Name	Meaning
Lal	Beloved darling; Jhulelal (लाल)
Amar	Immortal; as in Amarlal, a name of Jhulelal (अमर)
Varun	Varuna, the god of the waters (वरुण)
Darya	The sea, from Persian; as in Darya Shah (दरिया)
Sagar	The ocean (सागर)
Neer	Water (नीर)

2. Names from the Saints and Heroes of Sindh

Sindh is a land of Sufi saints, honoured by Sindhi Hindus and Muslims alike: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, poet of the Shah Jo Risalo, and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar of Sehwan. Sadhu T. L. Vaswani founded the Mira schools, and the young Hemu Kalani was hanged in 1943 for the freedom struggle. Jairamdas Daulatram was a leading Sindhi in Congress.

Names For Boys

Name	Meaning
Latif	Gentle, kind; after Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (लतीफ़)
Shahbaz	Royal falcon; after Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (शहबाज़)
Qalandar	A free-spirited Sufi (क़लंदर)
Sadhu	Good, virtuous; after Sadhu Vaswani (साधु)
Hemu	Golden; after the martyr Hemu Kalani (हेमू)
Jairam	Victory to Rama; after Jairamdas Daulatram (जयराम)

3. Names with Classic Sindhi Endings

Many older Sindhi names end in -chand (moon), -ram, -das or -mal, and short forms like Khem and Kewal are heard in Sindhi homes.

Names For Boys

Name	Meaning
Lalchand	Beloved moon (लालचंद)
Ghanshyam	Dark as a rain cloud; Krishna (घनश्याम)
Kewal	The only one, absolute (केवल)
Khem	Welfare, well-being (खेम)
Tilak	The sacred mark on the forehead (तिलक)
Dayal	Kind, compassionate (दयाल)
Dharam	Righteousness, duty (धरम)

4. Classic Sindhi Boy Names

These names were common among Sindhi boys through the twentieth century, some in a Sindhi form, like Kishin for Krishna and Partab for Pratap.

Names For Boys

Name	Meaning
Kishin	The Sindhi form of Krishna (किशिन)
Kishore	Young one (किशोर)
Chandru	The moon (चंद्रू)
Haresh	Lord Shiva (हरेश)
Suresh	Lord of the gods (सुरेश)
Partab	Glory, valour (परताब)
Ashok	Without sorrow (अशोक)

5. Names from Flowers and Everyday Words

Sindhi borrowed many words from Persian, and some of them, like gul (flower), became names.

Names For Boys

Name	Meaning
Gul	A rose, a flower (गुल)
Gulab	Rose; rose water (गुलाब)
Sunder	Beautiful (सुंदर)
Lalit	Graceful, elegant (ललित)
Jeevan	Life (जीवन)
Mohan	The enchanting one; Krishna (मोहन)