Gender: Feminine
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “Jewel, gem.”
Pronunciation: (OH-puh-leen); (OH-puh-line)
Nicknames: Opal, Opie
Detail: The word derives from Sanskrit upala meaning “jewel”, which also gave the Greek opallios, the Latin opalus, and the English opal.
The opal is an iridescent gemstone, popular for many centuries. It is the birthstone of October.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “Braid.”
Pronunciation: (VEH-nih); (VEH-nee)
Nicknames: Ven
Detail: Veni is associated with a type of honey plant.
“Veni, vidi, vici”
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Indian
Meaning: “Diffusing light, radiance, beauty.”
Pronunciation: (shree)
Detail: This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “Elephant.”
Pronunciation: (IHB-ih); (IH-bee)
Nicknames: Ibs
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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “Light of a lamp.”
Pronunciation: (DIH-pehn)
Nicknames: Dip
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “Light; lantern.”
Pronunciation: (dee-PIH-ka)
Nicknames: Deep, Deepa, Pika
Variation of Dipika
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Indian
Meaning: “Sapphire; blue; color of the sea.”
Pronunciation: (NEE-lah)
Nicknames: Nee, Neeli
Detail: Neelakurinji is a plant that used to grow abundantly in the shola grasslands of South India. The Nilgiri Hills, which literally means “the blue mountains”, got their name from these purplish blue flowers that blossoms gregariously only once in 12 years.
