Marathi Name Generator
Marathi first, middle and last names from Maharashtra
Browse 500 Marathi names from Maharashtra: full names such as Ajinkya Mankar and Sayali Phadtare, three-part names with the father's name in the middle, Maratha-period names like Tanaji Shitole and Tarabai Shelar, and surnames from Patil and Deshmukh to the -kar names.
About Marathi names
A full Marathi name has three parts: the given name, the father's given name and the surname. A married woman traditionally uses her husband's given name in the middle. So Rohan Shivaji Shirsat is Rohan, son of Shivaji, of the Shirsat family, and on forms the middle name is often cut to an initial. The list gives both the short two-part form and the full three-part form.
Surnames carry much of the character. The largest family of Marathi last names ends in -kar and usually names the place a family came from: Chiplunkar from Chiplun, Junnarkar from Junnar, Nashikkar from Nashik, Solapurkar from Solapur. Others recall old offices. Patil was the village headman and Deshmukh the head of a group of villages, while Kulkarni and Deshpande kept the records at the same two levels. Surnames such as Bhosale, Jadhav, Shinde, Pawar, More and Gaikwad run through the history of the Maratha period.
Given names range from the saint-poets and the deities of Pandharpur (Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Vitthal, Pandurang, Rukmini) through Maratha-period forms in -ji and -rao (Tanaji, Bajirao, Malharrao) and women's names in -bai and -tai to modern favorites like Ajinkya, Omkar, Sayali and Vrushali.
How to choose Marathi names
- Pick the form to suit the page: Sneha Damle for dialogue in a novel, Sneha Shridhar Jedhe for a school register or a legal paper.
- Keep the middle name a generation older than the first name. Atharva, Sanket and Rutuja are the children of a Dilip, a Ramesh or a Bajirao, not the other way round.
- For the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, use the -ji and -rao forms, such as Hiroji Kank or Malharrao Rane, and -bai for women, such as Tarabai Shelar.
- The endings -rao, -saheb, -bai and -tai are marks of respect that became part of the name. In a modern setting they suit elders: Vasantrao Thorat, Dadasaheb Kakade, Kusumtai Bhosale.
- A -kar surname usually tells readers where a family's roots lie, so match it to your setting. Malvankar and Kudalkar belong to the Konkan coast, Junnarkar and Satarkar to the Deccan plateau inland.
Frequently asked questions
What are common Marathi last names?
Patil, Deshmukh, Kulkarni, Deshpande, Joshi, Pawar, Shinde, Bhosale, Jadhav, More, Gaikwad, Chavan and Kadam are among the most common, along with -kar names such as Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Mangeshkar and Nimbalkar. The list uses 260 different Marathi surnames, and 45 of them are also shown on their own.
What does -kar mean in Marathi surnames?
It means "of" or "from" and is usually added to a place name, so Chiplunkar is a family from Chiplun and Mirajkar a family from Miraj. The list holds 80 different -kar surnames, from Abhyankar to Waikar. Most point to a town or village, though a few, Abhyankar among them, have other roots.
Why do Marathi names have a middle name?
The middle name is the father's given name, or by tradition the husband's for a married woman. It works as a patronymic and tells namesakes apart, which is why official papers in Maharashtra usually ask for all three parts. In the list, Mukta Subhash Jadhav is Mukta, daughter or wife of Subhash.
What do Patil and Deshmukh mean?
Both began as titles of office. A Patil was the headman of a village, and a Deshmukh was the head of a district made up of many villages, with a Kulkarni or a Deshpande keeping the records beside them. The offices are gone, and the titles remain as some of the most widespread surnames in Maharashtra.
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All 500 Marathi names
A: 42 names
- Aarti Purandare
- Abasaheb Phadtare
- Abhijit Gajanan Panvelkar
- Abhijit Vijay Kotwal
- Aditi Gujar
- Adwait Ajgaonkar
- Agarkar
- Ahilyabai Chaudhari
- Aishwarya Thombare
- Ajinkya Mankar
- Akshata Sanjay Surve
- Akshay Chandorkar
- Ambedkar
- Amit Kashinath Kank
- Amol Marathe
- Amruta Gaikwad
- Anagha Kshirsagar
- Anandrao Deshmukh
- Anant Ghorpade
- Aniket Pansare
- Anil Dixit
A, continued
- Anjali Yashwant Gaikwad
- Ankita Bhosale
- Ankita Shankar Sasane
- Annapurna Phadke
- Annapurna Ramchandra Navale
- Annasaheb Nimbalkar
- Anuja Dilip Awhad
- Anusaya Damodar Dadarkar
- Aparna Gokhale
- Appaji Garud
- Archana Karhadkar
- Arvind Waghmare
- Asha Shirke
- Ashatai Zagade
- Ashok Angre
- Ashwini Raghunath Thorat
- Asmita Vengurlekar
- Atharva Dilip Dhumal
- Atmaram Vishwas Bhosale
- Atul Kardile
- Avinash Dabhade
B: 16 names
- Babasaheb Mahadik
- Baburao Gajanan Sable
- Bahirji Gujar
- Baji Ghatge
- Bajirao Dnyaneshwar Suryawanshi
- Balwant Rege
- Bapusaheb Surve
- Bhagwan Shirke
- Bhagyashree Pasalkar
- Bhakti Anant Mali
- Bhakti Pawaskar
- Bharat Kalyankar
- Bhaskar Gaikwad
- Bhausaheb Bhimrao Jagtap
- Bhimrao Devrukhkar
- Bhosale
C: 8 names
- Chaitanya Abhyankar
- Chandrabhaga Bhoite
- Chandrabhagabai Ingale
- Chandrakant Pandurang Parab
- Chandrakant Shelke
- Chavan
- Chhaya Prabhakar Chandorkar
- Chiplunkar
D: 19 names
- Dabhade
- Dadasaheb Kakade
- Damaji Jedhe
- Dattatray Shriram Puranik
- Dattatray Vinayak Gholap
- Daulatrao Dhumal
- Deepak Londhe
- Deepali Borkar
- Deshmukh
- Deshpande
- Dhanaji Bhoite
- Digambar Jedhe
- Dilip Nikam
- Dinkar Wagh
- Dnyaneshwar Bandal
- Draupadi Divekar
- Draupadi Narayan Sawant
- Durga Bhagwan Narvekar
- Durga Gogate
E: 1 name
- Eknath Ramchandra Jadhav
F: 1 name
- Firangoji Nalawade
G: 22 names
- Gaikwad
- Gajarabai Mahadik
- Ganesh Pradeep Soman
- Ganesh Vishwanath Rane
- Ganga Dharmadhikari
- Gangadhar Godbole
- Gangadhar Pandurang Raut
- Ganpat Kokate
- Ganpatrao Dalvi
- Gaurav Nimbalkar
- Gauri Sharad Bedekar
- Gavaskar
- Ghorpade
- Girija Mahimkar
- Girish Keshav Inamdar
- Girish Mhatre
- Godavari Achrekar
- Godavaribai Londhe
- Gokhale
- Gopal Nalawade
- Gopikabai Tambe
- Govind Vishwanath Tambe
H: 12 names
- Hambirrao Bandal
- Hanumant Popat Navale
- Harishchandra Phadnis
- Harshada Chitale
- Harshal Dandekar
- Harshal Vinayak Shivalkar
- Hausabai Thorat
- Hemangi Jagannath Kharat
- Hemangi Vinayak Shirodkar
- Hemant Bandal
- Hiroji Kank
- Hrishikesh Sharad Karkhanis
I: 3 names
- Indrayani Annasaheb Mohite
- Indumati Dhole
- Ishwari Balwant Kumbhar
J: 16 names
- Jadhav
- Jagannath Dabhade
- Janabai Kunjir
- Janaki Haldankar
- Janaki Pandurang Bansode
- Janoji Mane
- Jayant Hanumant Gholap
- Jayant Sopan Gawade
- Jaywant Keshav Mehendale
- Jaywant Vitthal Shelar
- Jijabai Shirke
- Jitendra Bivalkar
- Jitendra Popat Kudalkar
- Jivaji Pisal
- Joshi
- Jyoti Akolkar
K: 32 names
- Kadam
- Kalyani Dalvi
- Kamal Jagtap
- Kamal Nivrutti Nikam
- Kamalabai Surve
- Kamalakar Shirodkar
- Kamble
- Kanchan Sambhaji Tupe
- Kanhoji Bhosale
- Kashinath Trimbak Vasaikar
- Kausalya Sonar
- Kavita Vasant Waikar
- Kedar Thatte
- Kelkar
- Keshav Bhoir
- Keshavrao Salunkhe
- Ketaki Mungekar
- Ketan Sambhaji Kadam
- Kiran Narayan Bandekar
- Kiran Uttam Kandalgaonkar
- Kirloskar
- Kirti Ramchandra Godbole
- Kishor Agashe
- Kolhatkar
- Komal Vijay Mungekar
- Kondaji Dhumal
- Kshitija Natu
- Kulkarni
- Kunal Ranade
- Kunal Shankar Pisal
- Kusum Laxman Mahadik
- Kusumtai Bhosale
L: 10 names
- Lata Shelke
- Laxman Mirajkar
- Laxman Raghunath Angre
- Laxmi Thorat
- Laxmibai Kadam
- Laxmikant Barve
- Leela Mahadev Vasaikar
- Leela Shankar Ghanekar
- Leena Bhave
- Lilatai Lohar
M: 44 names
- Madhav Harishchandra Ghaisas
- Madhavrao Ghorpade
- Madhukar Sardesai
- Madhura Anant Vaidya
- Mahadev Lanjekar
- Mahadik
- Mahadji Dabhade
- Mahendra Gawade
- Mahesh Sunil Punekar
- Makarand Hasabnis
- Malati Kokate
- Malati Somnath Akolkar
- Malatitai Pisal
- Malharrao Rane
- Manasi Marne
- Mandakini Paranjape
- Mane
- Mangal Bhausaheb Gujar
- Mangal Konde
- Mangaltai Sasane
- Mangesh Chaudhari
- Mangeshkar
M, continued
- Manisha Ghanekar
- Manjrekar
- Manohar Vasudev Kane
- Manoj Oak
- Maruti Shivaji Sangamnerkar
- Mayur Sarnaik
- Medha Ashok Kane
- Meera Bhagwan Ingale
- Meera Mohan Bhoir
- Mihir Navalkar
- Milind Sasane
- Minal Anil Kadam
- Mohan Govind Kher
- Mohite
- More
- Mrunal Dattatray Waghmare
- Mrunmayee Prakash Zagade
- Mudhoji Pawar
- Mugdha Shinde
- Mukta Subhash Jadhav
- Muktabai Mhatre
- Murlidhar Chiplunkar
N: 18 names
- Nalini Baburao Bhegade
- Namdev Samant
- Namrata Dhore
- Nandini Apte
- Nandkumar Kadam
- Narayan Jalgaonkar
- Narayanrao Kadam
- Narendra Talwalkar
- Neha Malvankar
- Nikhil Sudhakar Vaze
- Nilesh Junnarkar
- Nilima Darekar
- Nilkanth Velankar
- Nimbalkar
- Nirmala Hardikar
- Nirmalatai Ghorpade
- Nitin Mokashi
- Nivrutti Suryawanshi
O: 1 name
- Omkar Vaidya
P: 37 names
- Pandurang More
- Pankaj Dhamdhere
- Parag Arun Gavhane
- Paranjape
- Parvati Sopan Chemburkar
- Parvatibai Chavan
- Patil
- Patwardhan
- Pawar
- Phadke
- Pilaji Patil
- Pooja Sarnobat
- Poonam Pradeep Sawant
- Poonam Vitthal Mulik
- Prabhakar Vishnu Garud
- Prachi Arun Kalyankar
- Prachi Ingale
- Pradeep Kelkar
- Pradhan
- Prakash Madhukar Kakade
- Pramila Paithankar
- Pramilatai Wankhede
- Pramod Karnik
- Pranali Sathe
- Prasad Pednekar
- Prasad Vilas Sawant
- Prashant Tukaram Patil
- Prataprao Gaikwad
- Pratik Kamble
- Pratik Ramchandra Bhoite
- Pratiksha Bhagat
- Pravin Balwant Naik
- Priyanka Ghatge
- Priyanka Prabhakar Shinde
- Purushottam Balwant Lele
- Pushpa Rajwade
- Putalabai Pawar
R: 37 names
- Radha Thorat
- Radhika Chemburkar
- Raghoji Pasalkar
- Raghunath Garud
- Raghunathrao Shelke
- Rahul Bhujbal
- Rajan Raghunath Dhumal
- Rajashree Hanumant Khandagale
- Rajashree Tilak
- Rajendra Bajirao Jamkhedkar
- Rajesh Mahadik
- Rakhmabai Dabhade
- Ramabai Parab
- Ramchandra More
- Ramesh Bhagwat
- Ramkrishna Sane
- Ranade
- Rane
- Ranoji Jadhav
- Raosaheb Shitole
- Rasika Suresh Bivalkar
- Ratnakar Anant Deuskar
- Ratnakar Joshi
- Ravindra Balasaheb Khandagale
- Ravindra Deshmukh
- Renuka Kolhatkar
- Rohan Shivaji Shirsat
- Rohini Keshav Rege
- Rohit Bedekar
- Rohit Laxman Sakpal
- Rucha Vartak
- Rukmini Mayekar
- Rukmini Shridhar Darekar
- Rupali Dinkar Dhole
- Rushikesh Phadtare
- Rushikesh Prabhakar Bhalerao
- Rutuja Tamhankar
S: 122 names
- Sabaji Nimbalkar
- Sachin Mohan Salunkhe
- Sadashiv Shrinivas Angre
- Sadashivrao Sawant
- Sadhana Shewale
- Sagar Prakash Deuskar
- Sagar Solapurkar
- Sagunabai Mali
- Sahasrabuddhe
- Saibai Kokate
- Sakharam Kakade
- Sakhubai Jedhe
- Sakshi Shridhar Kunjir
- Salunkhe
- Sameer Joglekar
- Samruddhi Nikam
- Sandeep Madhukar Bhatkhalkar
- Sangeeta Wagholikar
- Sanika Kshirsagar
- Sanket Landge
- Sanket Ramesh Sabnis
- Santaji Shelar
- Santosh Dattatray Raut
- Santosh Vitthal Dalvi
- Saraswati Chavan
- Sarika Khare
- Sarita Tawde
- Sarojini Arvind Kulkarni
- Satish Subhash Borade
- Saurabh Eknath Mali
S, continued
- Savarkar
- Savitri Gujar
- Savitribai Salunkhe
- Sawant
- Sayajirao Chavan
- Sayali Phadtare
- Seema Uttam Landge
- Shahaji Darekar
- Shailesh Jagannath Jagdale
- Shakuntala Raut
- Shakuntala Tanaji Pasalkar
- Shalaka Mhaiskar
- Shalini Dandavate
- Shankar Surve
- Shanta Sitaram Shewale
- Shantabai Mohite
- Shantanu Bhagwan Narvekar
- Shantatai Shinde
- Sharad Ganpat Satarkar
- Sharad Mahadik
- Sharada Dighe
- Sharada Sadashiv Pisal
- Sharmila Eknath Marne
- Sharvari Pawar
- Shekhar Mujumdar
- Shekhar Rajendra Gupte
- Shevantabai Kalbhor
- Shilpa Deodhar
- Shinde
- Shirish Ashok Nalawade
- Shirke
S, continued
- Shital Laxman Deshmukh
- Shivaji Mahadev Pingle
- Shobha Bhide
- Shraddha Pasalkar
- Shreya Bapat
- Shreyas Dnyandev Darekar
- Shridhar Satav
- Shrikant Mahadev Waikar
- Shrikant Sanjay Chavan
- Shrinivas Prabhakar Shelar
- Shriram Gopal Tupe
- Shruti Kank
- Shubham Patil
- Shubhangi Gajanan Gawade
- Shweta Sahasrabuddhe
- Siddharth Potnis
- Sidhoji Kale
- Sindhu Bhaskar Suryawanshi
- Sindhu Pendse
- Sindhutai Raut
- Sitabai Waghmare
- Smita Vilas More
- Sneha Damle
- Sneha Shridhar Jedhe
- Snehal Tukaram Mirajkar
- Snehal Vaingankar
- Somnath Bharat Gavhane
- Sonabai Salve
- Sonali Dadarkar
- Soyarabai Barge
S, continued
- Subhash Sudhakar Kambli
- Suchitra Kale
- Sudha Laxman Dhamdhere
- Sudha Shripad Jalgaonkar
- Sudhakar Zende
- Sudhir Limaye
- Suhas Khanolkar
- Suhas Shridhar Ghate
- Sujata Torsekar
- Sulabha Deshmukh
- Sulochana Bhaskar Oak
- Suman Kulkarni
- Sumantai Sakpal
- Sumati Sasane
- Sumitra Ingale
- Sunanda Mohite
- Sunil Jog
- Sunita Sutar
- Supriya Thanekar
- Surekha Madhukar Kokate
- Suresh Nashikkar
- Suryaji Ingale
- Suryakant Awhad
- Sushil Somnath Ghatge
- Sushila Surve
- Sushma Sudhakar Gupte
- Suvarna Bhausaheb Jagdale
- Suvarna Namdev Jagtap
- Suyash Dinkar Mohite
- Swapnil Navale
- Swati Tipnis
T: 14 names
- Tanaji Hanumant Mulik
- Tanaji Madhav Landge
- Tanaji Shitole
- Tanuja Bhaskar Nashikkar
- Tara Kashinath Shitole
- Tara Parkar
- Tarabai Shelar
- Tejashree Gore
- Tendulkar
- Thakubai Kamble
- Thorat
- Trimbakrao Shirke
- Tukoji Mohite
- Tushar Pradhan
U: 6 names
- Udaji More
- Uday Bhegade
- Umesh Kanitkar
- Usha Kolhe
- Ushatai Dhumal
- Uttam Ghadge
V: 31 names
- Vaibhav Patwardhan
- Vaidehi Sunil Ghorpade
- Vaishali Narayan Wagh
- Vaishali Vishwanath Kshirsagar
- Vandana Jedhe
- Varsha Ramesh Shirke
- Vasant Nerurkar
- Vasantrao Thorat
- Vatsala Athavale
- Vedant Lokhande
- Veena Salunkhe
- Vengsarkar
- Vidya Mahabaleshwarkar
- Vijay Gawli
- Vijaya Jaywant Kakade
- Vijaya Yashwant Karkhanis
- Vikas Vasant Bansode
- Vikram Kolhe
- Vimal Kalbhor
- Vimalabai Borade
- Vimaltai Bansode
- Vinod Kotnis
- Vishal Shitole
- Vishnu Mahajan
- Vishwanath Ramkrishna Lad
- Vishwanath Sambhaji Dalvi
- Vishwas Pandharinath Londhe
- Vishwasrao Jagtap
- Vivek Anil Sonawane
- Vivek Dhage
- Vrushali Rajendra Thatte
W: 1 name
- Wadekar