Agnibha

Classical Sanskrit origin

अग्निभ (agnibha): ‘shining like fire’.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “‘shining like fire’”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Yagna — Meanings families give: Sacrifice, holy fire ritual; Holy fire, sacred offering
• Dipsikha — Flame of a lamp, tip of fire
• Yagnesh — Meanings families give: Lord of yagna, Vishnu; Lord of sacrifice; fire deity; Lord of sacrifices; Agni
• Banhi — Fire; the sacred flame
• Aatish — Fire, explosive energy and dynamism
• Agnibesh — Fire-clad, son of fire, from Mahabharata

More boys' names of Bengali origin

• Arnab — Ocean, sea; vast and deep
• Abir — Meanings families give: Color, fragrance; Color, festive powder used at Holi
• Gourab — Glory, pride, honor; great achievement
• Souvik — A good place; auspicious place or thing
• Partho — Arjuna; son of Kunti; the great archer
• Amlan — bright, unclouded (as the mind or the face)

Where this comes from

Agnibha'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.