Nepali Name Generator
Authentic Nepali first names and surnames
Generate real Nepali names with surnames that match Nepal's communities: Bahun and Chhetri, Newar, Tamang, Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu, Sherpa, Tharu and Madhesi families. Useful for fiction, games, baby-name shortlists and realistic sample data.
About Nepali names
Nepali names sit at the meeting point of two worlds. In the hills and the Terai, most given names are Sanskrit-derived and shared with North India: Bikash (development), Sunita (well-behaved), Prakash (light), Laxmi, Krishna, Sita. Older and rural generations often carry a two-part name such as Dhan Bahadur, Krishna Prasad, Laxmi Devi or Ram Maya, where Bahadur, Prasad, Devi, Kumari and Maya act as gender or caste markers. In the high mountains, Sherpa, Tamang and other Tibetan Buddhist communities name children for the day of the week (Nima, Dawa, Mingma, Lhakpa, Phurba, Pasang, Pemba) or with Tibetan words like Tenzing, Dolma, Tashi and Sonam.
The surname is the real tell. Adhikari, Koirala, Bhattarai, Poudel, Regmi and Sharma are Bahun (hill Brahmin); Thapa, Karki, Khadka, Basnet, Rana and Bista are Chhetri; Shrestha, Maharjan, Pradhan, Shakya, Tuladhar and Bajracharya are Newar families from the Kathmandu Valley. Tamang, Gurung, Magar, Rai, Limbu and Sherpa are both ethnic groups and surnames, with clan names like Moktan, Ghale, Pun, Chamling, Subba and Angbo used alongside or instead of them. Chaudhary and Tharu point to the Terai, while Yadav, Sah, Jha and Mandal are Madhesi surnames shared with Bihar.
This list mixes urban Kathmandu names with village, Terai and mountain forms so characters can span grandparents and grandchildren believably.
How to choose Nepali names
- Match the surname to the setting: a Sherpa or Lama belongs in Solukhumbu or Helambu, a Chaudhary in the Terai, a Shrestha or Maharjan in the Kathmandu Valley, and an Adhikari or Koirala almost anywhere in the hills.
- For characters born after 2000, use short names like Aayush, Anish, Sneha or Smriti; for those born before 1975, use two-part forms such as Dhan Bahadur, Bishnu Maya, Hem Raj or Laxmi Devi.
- Sherpa and Tamang day-names (Nima, Dawa, Mingma, Lhakpa, Phurba, Pasang, Pemba) are used for both men and women, so add Dolma, Lhamu, Diki or Yangzom to signal a woman.
- Limbu characters are often called Subba and Rai characters by a clan name such as Chamling or Bantawa; using both the ethnic name and clan name, as in Dhan Kumar Chamling Rai, is common in documents.
- Say it aloud: Nepali names fall most naturally when the first name and surname have different stress, like Sarita Limbu or Roshan Gautam, rather than two matching trochees.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Nepali names and Indian names?
Hill Nepali and North Indian names share a Sanskrit base, so first names like Ramesh, Sita or Anita appear in both. The surnames differ: Adhikari, Koirala, Shrestha, Tamang, Gurung, Rai, Limbu and Sherpa are distinctly Nepali, while Tibetan-style names such as Pemba or Tenzing are common in Nepal's mountains and rare in India.
Why do so many Nepali names end in Bahadur, Prasad, Devi or Maya?
These are middle elements, not surnames. Bahadur (brave) traditionally follows a Chhetri, Magar or Gurung man's name, Prasad or Nath follows a Bahun or Newar man's, and Devi, Kumari or Maya follow a woman's. Younger urban families usually drop them.
What do Sherpa names like Nima and Pasang mean?
They are Tibetan days of the week: Nima (Sunday), Dawa (Monday), Mingma (Tuesday), Lhakpa (Wednesday), Phurba (Thursday), Pasang (Friday) and Pemba (Saturday). A Sherpa child is often named for the day of birth, sometimes with a second name added by a lama.
Can I use these names for a character in a published book or game?
Yes. These are common real-world names and are not owned by anyone. Just avoid reusing the full name of a well-known public figure, such as Tenzing Norgay or Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, for a character meant to be fictional.
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All 500 Nepali names
A: 42 names
- Aabhash Phago
- Aadarsh Chongbang
- Aaditya Thegim
- Aakash Yakthumba
- Aakriti Tumbapo
- Aarati Angdembe
- Aarav Libang
- Aashish Nembang
- Aashutosh Tumbapo
- Aastha Phago
- Aayush Lingden
- Aayusha Kandangwa
- Abdul Rahman Miya
- Abhishek Chemjong
- Abina Lawati
- Abiral Angdembe
- Ajay Subba
- Alina Yongya
- Amisha Menyangbo
- Amrit Sherchan
- Ang Kami Sherpa
- Ang Nimi Sherpa
- Anil Ghimire
- Anish Tumrok
- Anita Gurung
- Anjali Ijam
- Anjana Bhattarai
- Anju Tulachan
- Ankit Chaudhary
- Ankita Bhattachan
- Anmol Kandangwa
- Anusha Tharu
- Apsara Yadav
- Archana Sah
- Arjun Rawal
- Aruna Mishra
- Asha Ale
- Ashesh Lawati
- Ashok Sherpa
- Asim Gauchan
- Asmita Lamichhane
- Avinash Yongya
B: 32 names
- Babita Thapa
- Bandana Poudel
- Barsha Raut
- Basanta Mahato
- Basanti Das
- Bharat Dangol
- Bhim Bahadur Yonjan
- Bhuwan Rumba
- Bibek Kulung
- Bidhya Shrestha
- Bigyan Menyangbo
- Bijay Dumi
- Biju Ram Thing
- Bikash Adhikari
- Bimal Mandal
- Bimala Rai
- Bimala Upadhyay
- Bina Thapa
- Binay Jha
- Bindu Poudel
- Binita Awale
- Binod Budhathoki
- Bipana Dangol
- Bipin Khaling
- Bir Bahadur Thokar
- Birendra Ijam
- Bishal Dahal
- Bishnu Kumari Suwal
- Bishnu Maya Rajbhandari
- Bishnu Thakur
- Bishwas Tulachan
- Buddha Ratna Shakya
C: 8 names
- Chameli Regmi
- Champa Dahal
- Chandani Ghimire
- Chandra Bahadur Gupta
- Chandra Kala Amatya
- Chhabi Lal Bhattachan
- Chintan Tharu
- Chiranjibi Karn
D: 25 names
- Dal Bahadur Dong
- Dawa Tashi Sherpa
- Dawa Yangzi Sherpa
- Dechen Lama
- Deepa Tamrakar
- Deepak Rajbhandari
- Deepika Regmi
- Dhan Bahadur Tamang
- Dhan Kumar Gole
- Dhana Laxmi Subedi
- Dhanmaya Gautam
- Dhiraj Sah
- Dhurba Yadav
- Dibya Mishra
- Diki Doma Sherpa
- Dil Bahadur Gurung
- Dil Kumar Pakhrin
- Dinesh Rajkarnikar
- Dipendra Karki
- Dipesh Thapa
- Dipika Sthapit
- Dolma Thokar
- Dorje Lama
- Durga Devi Dahal
- Durga Pradhan
F: 1 name
- Firoz Alam Ansari
G: 13 names
- Gagan Raut
- Ganesh Napit
- Ganga Devi Ghimire
- Ganga Kansakar
- Ganga Maya Devkota
- Gauri Bista
- Geeta Kunwar
- Ghanshyam Das
- Gita Bohara
- Goma Chand
- Gopal Malla
- Gyanendra Bhattarai
- Gyanu Moktan
H: 7 names
- Hari Maya Bania
- Hari Prasad Sharma
- Hem Raj Shrestha
- Hema Khanal
- Himal Tamang
- Hira Bhandari
- Hira Lal Syangtan
I: 4 names
- Indira Sharma
- Indu Tuladhar
- Ishwor Upadhyay
- Ishwori Shakya
J: 14 names
- Jagat Bahadur Neupane
- Jagdish Budhathoki
- Jagriti Pokharel
- Jamil Miya
- Jamuna Maya Manandhar
- Jamuna Vaidya
- Janak Lama
- Januka Rajbhandari
- Jeevan Magar
- Jethi Bomjan
- Jhalak Rawal
- Jiban Limbu
- Jit Bahadur Karki
- Jyoti Tamrakar
K: 35 names
- Kabin Magar
- Kabita Magar
- Kaji Man Rumba
- Kala Kansakar
- Kalpana Pulami
- Kamal Kansakar
- Kamala Chand
- Kamala Devi Gautam
- Kamana Bantawa
- Kamana Kayastha
- Kanchan Maya Ghising
- Kanchan Thulung
- Kanchhi Thing
- Kanti Nakarmi
- Kapil Khadka
- Karma Gyaltsen Sherpa
- Karuna Sampang
- Kedar Nath Shahi
- Keshab Basnet
- Khadga Bahadur Malla
- Khem Raj Khanal
- Kiran Tamrakar
- Kishor Subedi
- Kopila Lohorung
- Kripa Pradhan
- Krishna Bahadur Shahi
- Krishna Maya Prajapati
- Kriti Kayastha
- Kriti Suwal
- Kul Bahadur Chhetri
- Kumar Rijal
- Kunsang Bhote
- Kunti Napit
- Kushal Rai
- Kusum Mewahang
L: 14 names
- Lakpa Tenji Sherpa
- Lal Bahadur Pandey
- Lalit Joshi
- Lalita Angbo
- Laxman Bajracharya
- Laxmi Devi Devkota
- Laxmi Prasad Upadhyay
- Laxmi Rai
- Lekhnath Paudel
- Lhakpa Futi Sherpa
- Lhakpa Gyalzen Sherpa
- Lhamu Sherpa
- Lila Rajkarnikar
- Lok Bahadur Lamichhane
M: 31 names
- Madan Bista
- Madhav Prasad Bajracharya
- Madhu Sainju
- Mahendra Kunwar
- Mahesh Prajapati
- Maili Dong
- Mamata Neupane
- Man Bahadur Bohara
- Mandira Ghising
- Mani Ram Lama
- Manish Khadka
- Manisha Khanal
- Manjita Yonjan
- Manju Maya Waiba
- Manju Phago
- Manoj Neupane
- Maya Bania
- Meena Tumbapo
- Meera Rumba
- Menuka Ranjit
- Menuka Syangtan
- Milan Devkota
- Mina Lopchan
- Mingma Dorje Sherpa
- Mingma Yangji Sherpa
- Mira Angdembe
- Mohammad Salim Ansari
- Mohan Dangol
- Mona Pakhrin
- Monika Ghale
- Muna Kandangwa
N: 31 names
- Nabaraj Sthapit
- Nabin Poudel
- Nabina Lawati
- Namrata Yongya
- Nanda Pun
- Nani Maya Budha
- Nar Bahadur Tuladhar
- Narayan Chand
- Narendra Amatya
- Naresh Nakarmi
- Nasreen Khan
- Nawaraj Chhetri
- Neha Menyangbo
- Netra Bhandari
- Ngima Dolma Lama
- Nikita Ijam
- Nima Doma Sherpa
- Nima Tenzing Sherpa
- Nimesh Basnet
- Niraj Chamling
- Nirajan Roka
- Niranjan Vaidya
- Nirjala Roka
- Nirmal Acharya
- Nirmala Bohara
- Nirmala Devi Budhathoki
- Niru Tulachan
- Nischal Suwal
- Nisha Bhattachan
- Nishan Ranjit
- Nita Chamling
O: 1 name
- Om Prakash Shakya
P: 43 names
- Pabitra Bania
- Pabitra Kulung
- Padam Bahadur Manandhar
- Paras Subedi
- Parbat Rijal
- Parbati Maya Khaling
- Parbati Tharu
- Pasang Diki Tamang
- Pasang Yangji Sherpa
- Pawan Awale
- Pema Ghotane
- Pemba Doma Sherpa
- Pemba Sherpa
- Phulmaya Bomjan
- Phurba Lhamu Lama
- Phurba Tshering Sherpa
- Pooja Mishra
- Prabesh Chitrakar
- Prabha Sah
- Prabin Pun
- Pradip Lopchan
- Prajwal Bania
- Prakash Tamang
- Pramila Dumi
- Pramod Ghale
- Prasanna Moktan
- Prashant Mahato
- Prasiddha Pandey
- Pratap Jha
- Pratibha Rawal
- Pratik Mandal
- Pratiksha Khadka
- Pratikshya Subba
- Pratima Yadav
- Prativa Yamphu
- Prem Bahadur Thakur
- Priya Raut
- Priyanka Das
- Puja Kunwar
- Punam Chemjong
- Purna Bahadur Napit
- Puskar Gupta
- Puspa Shahi
R: 46 names
- Rabi Karn
- Rabin Pokharel
- Rabina Bista
- Rabindra Rajkarnikar
- Rabiya Ansari
- Rachana Adhikari
- Radha Kumari Chitrakar
- Radha Lingden
- Radhika Nembang
- Raj Kumar Upadhyay
- Rajani Amatya
- Rajeev Lamichhane
- Rajendra Adhikari
- Rajina Yakthumba
- Raju Sainju
- Rakesh Waiba
- Ram Chandra Paudel
- Rama Devi Malla
- Ramesh Koirala
- Ramila Libang
- Ranjan Ghising
- Ranjana Chongbang
- Ranjit Magar
- Rashmila Manandhar
- Rasmita Thegim
- Ratna Bahadur Waiba
- Ratna Tuladhar
- Rejina Tumrok
- Rekha Maya Sharma
- Rekha Subedi
- Renu Shrestha
- Resham Bista
- Reshma Gauchan
- Rishi Ram Kunwar
- Ritika Joshi
- Ritu Sherchan
- Rohan Tumrok
- Rohit Gauchan
- Roshan Gautam
- Roshani Chaudhary
- Ruby Mahato
- Rudra Yonjan
- Rukhsana Khatun
- Rupa Koirala
- Rupak Koirala
- Rupesh Bohara
S: 115 names
- Sabin Budha
- Sabina Maharjan
- Sabita Shakya
- Sachin Bomjan
- Sadhana Mandal
- Sagar Regmi
- Sagun Syangtan
- Sailendra Chand
- Sailesh Rumba
- Saili Moktan
- Sajana Jha
- Sajani Shakya
- Saksham Thing
- Sakuntala Thakur
- Salina Rai
- Salma Khatun
- Samikshya Thapa
- Samir Lopchan
- Samita Thing
- Samjhana Rijal
- Samrat Dong
- Sanat Kumar Bhandari
- Sandesh Gole
- Sandhya Poudel
- Sandip Pakhrin
- Sangeeta Manandhar
- Sangita Lama
- Sangita Maya Bomjan
- Sanjay Yamphu
- Sanjeev Pakhrin
- Sanjib Chhetri
- Sanjita Regmi
- Sanjog Thokar
- Sanju Dong
- Santosh Karki
- Santoshi Gole
- Sanu Kaji Yonjan
- Sanumaya Syangtan
- Sapana Maya Amatya
- Sapana Pandey
- Sarad Sherchan
- Sarala Chitrakar
- Saraswati Gupta
- Sarina Thokar
- Sarita Limbu
- Sarmila Dahal
- Saroj Ghale
- Saugat Chaudhary
- Saurav Ghotane
- Shabnam Khan
- Shailendra Paudel
- Shankar Pun
- Sharmila Karn
- Shekhar Bajracharya
- Shishir Ale
- Shiva Budha
- Shobha Ghimire
S, continued
- Shova Vaidya
- Shrawan Gharti
- Shree Kumar Lopchan
- Shreeram Roka
- Shreya Ghotane
- Shristi Acharya
- Shweta Ale
- Shyam Sundar Joshi
- Siddhartha Bajracharya
- Sima Gharti
- Sirjana Chhetri
- Sirjana Devi Sthapit
- Sita Devi Awale
- Sita Gole
- Sital Pulami
- Sitaram Dangol
- Smriti Pokharel
- Sneha Gautam
- Sonam Ngawang Lama
- Sonu Pradhan
- Srijan Tamrakar
- Srijana Basnet
- Subash Limbu
- Subhadra Devkota
- Subin Kansakar
- Sudarshan Kulung
- Sudhir Pulami
- Sudip Chamling
- Sugat Ratna Tuladhar
- Sujal Kayastha
- Sujan Pradhan
- Sujit Lama
- Suman Bhattarai
- Sumina Bantawa
- Sumit Bantawa
- Sumitra Neupane
- Sumnima Rai
- Sunaina Budhathoki
- Sunil Acharya
- Sunisha Thulung
- Sunita Devi Vaidya
- Sunita Shrestha
- Sunu Sampang
- Supriya Rawal
- Suraj Basnet
- Surendra Khadka
- Suresh Kayastha
- Surya Bahadur Waiba
- Sushant Nakarmi
- Sushil Khaling
- Sushila Bhandari
- Sushma Adhikari
- Sushmita Shahi
- Suvash Thulung
- Suvekshya Lohorung
- Swapnil Acharya
- Swastika Malla
- Sweta Sthapit
T: 17 names
- Tanka Prasad Dumi
- Tara Gharti
- Tashi Lhamu Lama
- Tej Bahadur Pokharel
- Tejendra Prajapati
- Tek Bahadur Yamphu
- Tenzing Norbu Sherpa
- Tika Devi Ranjit
- Tika Ram Subba
- Tilak Chemjong
- Tirtha Raj Pandey
- Trilochan Napit
- Tsering Dolkar Gurung
- Tshering Yangden Gurung
- Tulasa Sharma
- Tulasi Mewahang
- Tulsi Lingden
U: 10 names
- Udaya Nembang
- Ujjwal Yakthumba
- Ujwal Sampang
- Uma Joshi
- Umakant Rajkarnikar
- Umesh Sainju
- Upendra Lohorung
- Urmila Koirala
- Usha Paudel
- Utsav Mewahang