Indian Baby Names Starting with V

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Almost every V name in this catalog is Sanskrit, and most begin with the prefix vi, which intensifies or extends a root. Vijay is victory, Vikram is valour, Viraj is to shine or rule, Vidya is knowledge, and Vihaan is the dawn. Veer, meaning brave, is the short hero's name that cinema keeps returning to.

The Vedas give two names directly. Vedant is Vedanta, the philosophy that treats the end of the Vedas, and Vedika is a sacred altar. Vasundhara is the earth as the bearer of treasures, a name with a queenly ring that families use for daughters. Vivaan and Vaanya are modern names whose meanings are not documented, and their guides say so.

The Hindi व sits between an English v and w, which is why the same sound is spelled both ways in words such as Diwali and Divali. The rashi tables assign व to Vrishabh, corresponding to Taurus, along with names beginning with the vowels i, u, e and o.