Gujarati names - Baby names with the origin Gujarati

Gujarati names draw heavily from Sanskrit and Prakrit, with many masculine forms ending in -esh, -endra, -kant, or -pal (Jignesh, Ramesh, Narendra, Hemant), and feminine forms commonly ending in -a or -i (Bhavna, Falguni, Riddhi). Everyday speech often forms nicknames with the -u suffix (Monu, Sonu, Titu). Orthographic and phonological features of Gujarati produce spellings with j/zh/gh and affricates, seen in names like Jignesh, Chirag, and Bhargav. Transliteration varies, so Jagdish and Jagadish or Riddhi and Riddhi/Riddhee appear side by side.

Naming conventions typically use a given name followed by a patronymic as a middle name and a family surname (e.g., Patel, Shah, Desai, Mehta, Joshi, Trivedi). Honorifics ben and bhai are used in address, not as given names. Religious influence is broad: Hindu Vaishnav and Shaiva names, Jain usage of Sanskrit-derived virtue names, and distinct Arabic–Persian names among Gujarati Muslims; Parsis may use Persian or English names. Common themes include deities, lunar/solar terms, learning, light, and virtue (Dhruv, Mihir, Vidhi, Chirag, Krupa). Modern usage mixes pan‑Indian Sanskritic names with regionally familiar forms.