Marathi Baby Names with Meanings

Marathi naming keeps a visible link to the Maratha empire — Shivaji, Sambhaji, Tanaji and Bajirao are still given to boys as a nod to that history — while women's names historically carried the suffix -bai (Jijabai, Lakshmibai) as a mark of respect. Both patterns have faded in the cities but still turn up in family trees and are occasionally revived as middle names.

The naming itself happens at the barasa (naming ceremony) on the twelfth day, usually chosen by a family elder using the child's rashi rather than a fixed calendar date. Pune and Mumbai parents now lean towards short names that work in both Marathi and English — Om, Aarav, Myra, Sai — alongside distinctly Marathi picks like Swara, Shlok, Ojas and Anvi, whose meanings cluster around sound, learning and vitality. Ganesh Chaturthi, Maharashtra's biggest festival, keeps Ganesh, Vinayak and Ganpati popular for boys born around it.

The list below has the Marathi names in our catalogue, most common first — filter further by gender or first letter using the links at the bottom of the page.