Agni

Classical Sanskrit origin

अग्नि (agni): the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

In the epics

Agni appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a character: Pavaka; priest of the gods.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Bharani
• More names starting with A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Sacred fire, the Vedic god of fire and energy”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Gayathri — A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
• Rik — Vedic hymn
• Samhita — A Vedic collection, sacred text
• Ritwik — Priest, one who performs sacred Vedic rituals
• Rucha — Vedic verse, brilliant, shining
• Kusha — Sacred grass used in Vedic rituals; twin son of Rama and Sita

More boys' names of Vedic origin

• Vayu — Wind, god of the winds and vital breath
• Yajur — The Yajur Veda, sacred knowledge of sacrifice
• Brahma — The creator god, the first of the holy trinity

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Musical note, ascending

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.

Where this comes from

Agni's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.