What does the name Inder mean?

Inder means "King of the gods, like Indra". It is a unisex name of Sanskrit-Punjabi origin.

Inder

Inder means King of the gods, like Indra.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	unisex
Origin	Sanskrit-Punjabi
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	I

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “King of the gods, like Indra”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Aditi — Meanings families give: Unbounded, infinite, mother of gods; Boundless, free, mother of gods; Mother of gods, boundless, free; Free, boundless, mother of gods
Kartik — Meanings families give: Month of Kartika, son of Shiva, god of war; Brave, son of Shiva, the month; Son of Shiva and Parvati; commander of gods; Month of Kartik, Lord Kartikeya
Puja — honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration, homage to superiors or adoration of the gods
Suresh — a lord of the gods
Leela — Meanings families give: Divine play, the cosmic play of gods; Divine play, cosmic drama; Divine play, cosmic game of God
Ravinder — Sun of the gods, lord of the sun

More unisex names of Sanskrit-Punjabi origin

Raj — (nom. ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.)
Rupinder — Beautiful as a god, lord of beauty
Parminder — Supreme god, lord of all lords
Devinder — Lord of the gods, king of divinity
Ramandeep — Lamp of divine love, light of Rama
Kamaljit — Victorious lotus, winner who blooms

Where this comes from

Inder has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. 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.