In Bollywood, nothing is ordinary. Naturally, when our celebs thought of naming their babies, they went beyond the ordinary and gave inspired names to their little bundles of joy. Take a look at the unique baby names in Bollywood.

1. Gauri and Shahrukh Khan

Gauri and Shahrukh Khan have two Children, and all three have pretty unique names. Their eldest is called Aryan, which means ‘descended from the Arya race’ and even ‘strong’ in Persian. His Daughter is called Suhana, meaning ‘charming’ in Urdu. His third child is called AbRam, and about him the Badshah of Bollywood said: His name is based on a variation of Prophet Abraham. And I liked the connotation that it’s kind of a secular name. We are a Hindu-Muslim family so to say, and I want my children to grow up without any difference of opinion in the name

2. Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s son was a star from the moment he was born. They named him Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi, which means ‘iron’ in Persian, and instantly were trolled for choosing the name of a Turco-Mongol invader and mass murderer. But here’s what daddy Saif said about the name: I should have added a disclaimer, as they do in the movies, that any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental…!

3. Manyata and Sanjay Dutt

Manyata and Sanjay Dutt’s son is called Shahraan, which can be broken down to Shah (royal) and Raan (knight), giving him a very regal name. Their daughter is called Iqra, which means ‘to recite’ in Hebrew. Sanjay Dutt and his wife picked out the names when they were on holiday in Egypt, and wanted to name the son with an S initial in keeping with the Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt names before him. Their daughter is called Iqra, because both Sanjay Dutt’s mother and wife were Muslims and n the Quran the sura 96 begins with the word Iqra.

4. Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar

They have two children: Aarav and Nitara Khanna. Their son is called Aarav, which means ‘in high regard of’ while their daughter is Nitara, which means ‘having deep roots’ in Sanskrit. However, here is the fun part: a vampire in the game series Mortal Kombat also goes by the same name, though we doubt the parents knew that. Interestingly, Nitara was given the surname of her mother, instead of her father, as a tribute to Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle’s father.

5. Kajol and Ajay Devgn

Kajol and Ajay Devgn have a daughter named Nysa, which means ‘goddess of purity’ in Greek. It also means ‘goal’ in Greek. Their son is called Yug, which means ‘era’.

6. Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder

Farah Khan’s triplets are adorable, and they have really unique names too! They named their children Anya, which means ‘grace’ in Russian, Diva, which means ‘divine’, and Czar, which is from the Latin word for emperor.

7. Madhuri Dixit and Sriram Nene

Madhuri Dixit and her husband have two sons, Raayan and Aarin. Raayan means ‘gates of paradise/heaven’ in Arabic, and means ‘little prince’ in Sanskrit, and ‘graceful’ in Jewish. Aarin means ‘mountain strength’.

8. Raveena Tandon and Anil Thadani

Raveena Tandon and her husband have two children. Their daughter’s name is Rasha, or Rashavishakha, which means ‘the first drops of rain’. And, their son’s name is Ranbir, or Ranabirvardhan, which means ‘brave warrior’.

9. Adhuna Bhabani and Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar and his wife named their children Shakya and Akira. Akira is a Japanese name that means ‘bright and intelligent’; this is also the name of Farhan’s favourite director, Akira Kurusawa. Shakya means a ‘circle of energy’.

10. Mehr Jessia and Arjun Rampal

Supermodel Mehr Jessia and star Arjun Rampal have two beautiful daughters, Mahika and Myra. Mahikaa, in Sanskrit means ‘earth’; and Myra, which is taken from the Quran, means ‘swift and light’.

11. Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur

Superstar Karisma and her husband Sunjay Kapoor have two children, Samaira and Kiaan. Samaira means ‘Goddess of Beauty’ in Latin, the same name also means ‘enchanting’ in Arabic. Their son, Kian’s name means ‘grace of God’. Kiaan’s full name is Kiaan Raj Kapoor, as a tribute to Karisma’s grandfather.

12. Maria Goretti and Arshad Warsi

Maria and Arshad did not want to choose a name that would denote any religion. That is why; they gave their children alliterative names. Their son is called Zeke Zidaan, which means ‘shooting star’ in Aramic; and their daughter, Zene Zoe, which means ‘beautiful’ in an African language.

13. Sussanne Khan and Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan and his wife named their sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan. Hridhaan means a person with a ‘big heart’ whereas Hrehaan, which is a variation of the Arabic word Rehan, means ‘God’s chosen one’.

Apart from these, here are a few more uncommon baby names from Bollywood along with their meaning:

14. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s daughter is Aaradhya, which means ‘one who has to be worshipped’.

15. Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra’s daughter is called Adira, which is a combination of both the parents’ names.

16. Mira Rajput and Shahid Kapoor’s daughter is called Misha, which is a combination of both the parents’ names.

17. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra’s son is called Viaan, which means ‘full of life and energy’.

18. Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu’s daughter is called Inaaya Naumi, which means ‘gift of Allah’ in Urdu and is a  derivation of the word ‘Navami’ because she was born on the ninth day of Navratri.

19. Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani’s daughter is called Radhya, a derivation of the name Radha.

20. Natasha Madhvani and Fardeen Khan’s daughter is called Diani Isabella and son is called Azarius. Diani means ‘divinity’ in Portuguese while Isabella was Fardeen’s favourite name. Azarius is a Persian name which means ‘powerful and complete’.

21. Genelia D’Souza and Riteish Deshmukh have two sons, Riaan and Rahyl. Riaan means ‘little king’ and Rahyl means ‘innocent’ in Hebrew and ‘traveller’ in Arabic.

22. Avantika Malik and Imran Khan’s daughter is called Imaara, which means ‘strong and resolute’ in Swahili.

23. Tahira and Ayyushmaan Khurana have two children, Virajveer, whose name means ‘reigning warrior’ and Varushka, whose name means ‘the giver of roses’ in the Armenian language.

24. Sushmita Sen has two daughters, Renee, whose name means ‘rebirth’ or ‘renaissance’, and Alisah, whose name means ‘noble’.

25. Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey’s son is called Haroon, which means ‘hope’

26. Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi’s daughter is called Sairra, which derives from Sarah, that means ‘princess’ in Hebrew.

27. Amrita Arora and Shakeel Ladak have two sons. Rayaan means a ‘door to paradise’ and Azaan means ‘powerful’.

28. Madhurima and Sonu Nigam’s son is Nevaan, whose name means ‘holy soul’ in Sanskrit

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