Sanskrit male given names derive from Classical Sanskrit, historically used in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts. Many show masculine stems in -a or -an and masculine honorific suffixes such as -endra, -nath, -esh, and -jit, which denote lordship or victory. Thematic sources include deities, virtues, knowledge, and natural elements; for example, Aagney relates to Agni. Female and male patterns often overlap, but titles like -nath and -jit are distinctly masculine.

In modern use, Sanskrit boys’ names appear in Hindi and other regional spellings, with variants such as -jit/-jeet and -ksh/-kash. Widely used examples include Aadarsh, Aadesh, Aadi, Aadinath, Aaditey, Aagney, Aakash, Abhay, Abhijit, and Abhijeet.