Choosing a name for your girl in Assam? Families here use Assamese names, sometimes with names from other languages and communities. Below are names that keep appearing in recent Indian and regional name lists, with meanings. They are suggestions and not an official ranking, because India publishes no single list of names by state.
Popular now
- Nandini: delightful
- Bornali: colourful
- Jonaki: a firefly
- Mamoni: a jewel
- Ankita: marked
- Barsha: rain
- Pallabi: a bud
- Priyanka: very dear
Assamese favourites
- Rupali: beautiful
- Madhuri: sweetness
- Dikshita: initiated
- Deepshikha: a flame
- Jyotsna: moonlight
- Kaberi: a river
Naming traditions in Assam
Assamese names often draw on nature, the Brahmaputra, the seasons and the Bihu festivals, and many families also keep a home pet name. Many names are of Sanskrit origin, written in Assamese spelling.
Before you choose
- Say the name aloud with the surname, and check the initials.
- Ask an elder, a priest or a language speaker to confirm the meaning, because meanings vary by source and community.
- Choose one spelling and use it on every document, from the birth certificate to Aadhaar.
- Check how the name sounds and reads in other languages, if your family may move.
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