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Baby boy name list
Here are simple Jain-friendly baby boy names (general list, not limited to any one letter), with short meanings:
- Adinath – first Lord; name of the 1st Tirthankar
- Rishabh / Rishabhnath – the bull; 1st Tirthankar’s name
- Ajitnath (Ajit) – unconquered Lord; 2nd Tirthankar
- Sumatinath – one with pure, noble intellect; 5th Tirthankar
- Padmaprabha – lotus-radiance; 6th Tirthankar
- Chandraprabha – moon‑radiance; 8th Tirthankar
- Shitalnath – cool, soothing Lord; 10th Tirthankar
- Shreyansh – auspicious, excellent, prosperous
- Vasupujya – one worthy of worship; 12th Tirthankar
- Neminath – gentle, restrained Lord; 22nd Tirthankar
- Parshvanath – 23rd Tirthankar; protector of dharma
- Mahavir – great hero; 24th Tirthankar
- Shantinath – Lord of peace; very popular Jain name
- Suprasad / Suprakash – very gracious / very radiant
- Vimal – pure, spotless
- Nirav – quiet, peaceful, silent
- Veer / Vir – brave; recalls Mahavira
- Arham – noble, worthy, virtuous
- Keval – pure, absolute (from keval‑jnan, omniscience)
- Jinal – related to “Jina”, spiritual victor
- Jinesh / Jinendra – lord of the Jina; spiritually victorious
- Kalyan – welfare, auspicious good
- Kushal – skillful, auspicious
- Kiran – ray of light
- Dharmesh / Dharam – lord of dharma; righteousness
- Dipesh – lord of light; one who gives light
- Prakash – light, brightness
- Prashant – very peaceful, calm
- Anant – infinite, without end
- Anand – bliss, happiness
These names are generally accepted in both Digambar and Shwetambar traditions; differences are usually only in pronunciation or spelling, not in meaning.
