Indonesian baby names
Handpicked for families who want names with roots: the beloved classics, what parents in the culture choose today, and the cool discoveries most US name sites never surface.
Aditya the sun (Sanskrit root)
Agus common classic name tied to Agustus, the independence month
Anggun graceful, elegant (also singer Anggun)
Arjuna Mahabharata's archer-prince hero
Ayu beautiful
Bagus handsome, good (also a Balinese honorific for sons)
Bayu wind
Bima Mahabharata hero embodying strength and courage
Bimo mighty (variant of Bima)
Budi wisdom, good conduct (the iconic textbook-hero name)
Bulan moon
Bunga flower
Candra moon
Cinta love
Danu wealthy, treasure; also a river deity
Dayu honorific for a daughter of Balinese Brahmin caste, used as a given name
Dewi goddess (an extremely common name and prefix)
Dharma duty, righteousness, cosmic law
Eko first child (Javanese birth-order name)
Fajar dawn
Gading ivory (also a popular celebrity name)
Gilang bright, shining, radiant
Indah beautiful
Indira beauty, splendor (Sanskrit root, echoes Indira Gandhi)
Intan diamond
Joko boy, lad (as in President Joko Widodo)
Kanaya a trendy modern Indonesian favorite
Kartika star
Ketut Balinese birth-order name for the fourth-born child
Kirana ray of light
Kusuma flower (poetic, noble term used for boys)
Laksmi Indonesian form of Lakshmi, goddess of fortune
Larasati graceful, harmonious woman (poetic Javanese name)
Made Balinese birth-order name for the second-born child
Melati jasmine, Indonesia's national flower
Mutiara pearl
Nadia widely used across Indonesia and internationally
Nirmala spotless, pure
Prasetyo vow, promise, pledge
Putri princess, daughter
Rangga a Javanese noble title, also a beloved 90s film hero name
Ratna jewel
Raya big, great, grand (as in Hari Raya)
Rina a beloved modern classic
Sari essence, flower essence
Siti lady, madam (classic honorific-turned-name, as in Siti Nurhaliza)
Slamet safe, prosperous, blessed
Surya sun
Sutrisno a beloved classic surname-style given name
Wayan Balinese birth-order name for the firstborn child
Wirawan brave, heroic warrior
Wisnu Indonesian form of Vishnu
Wulan moon
Wulandari moonlight
Yudha war, battle
Zahra flower, radiant one (widely used across Indonesia)
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