200+ Names for God
The idea came to see how many names or titles for the indescribable, ineffable Divine could be found.
Indeed, in this endeavour one is trying to do the impossible by trying to describe what cannot be put into words, but the effort still happens out of devotion to and love for God / Divine.
Sri Anandamayi Ma, an Indian Saint (1896 – 1992) and described as “the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced”, said:
All names given to God have the same power. You can reach your destination by taking any name you like. (eg Brahman, Vishnu, Krishna, Rama, Shiva, Ganapatya, Hari.) The more intense your sadhana, the quicker you reach Him. Take it lightly, and you take more time. The fact that you are aware that of your incapacity to concentrate on God’s name is also His grace. Even though not interested take the Name as a medicine. This will also have a good result. You will improve. God’s names is not like worldly medicine that acts at times and at other times does not; God’s name invariably bears fruit.
Such amazing words. Names for God can lead us to Him. All names are sacred. Such a wondrous, beautiful saint was Sri Anandamayi Ma.
As to the first name of God, Bhagvan Sri Ramana Maharshi said that ‘I’ is the original name of God:
The one, infinite, unbroken whole [plenum] became aware of itself as ”I”. This is its original name. All other names, for example Om, are later growths.’
– Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, talk no. 9
The list is omni-denominational ie no religion is excluded – for God is not religious. I think the list will end up a long one. Of course this is mainly a list in English – were we to make it a list for all languages I think there would not be a longer list to describe anything else that could be conceived! As a related thought just think how few are the words to describe the person/human/you/me/them. Yet for God the names are really without end.
If you wish to join in a Kirtan (sacred mantra music) and recite God’s name ‘Bhagwan’ (the word for God in Sanskrit), here is the amazing music of Krishna Das. Jaya or Jai means victory or victorious.
And without further ado, here are 200+ names for God. En-joy.
Namaste,
200+ Names for God
| ABBA |
| ABSOLUTE |
| ABSOLUTE CONSCIOUSNESS |
| ABSOLUTE SPIRIT |
| ADONAI |
| AGELESS |
| AKAL PURAKH |
| ALL IN ALL |
| ALL THAT IS |
| ALL GLORIOUS |
| ALL KNOWING |
| ALL PERVADING |
| ALL PERVADING SELF |
| ALL PERVASIVE ONE |
| ALL POSSESSING |
| ALL POWERFUL |
| ALL-WISE |
| ALLAH |
| ALMIGHTY |
| ALMIGHTY POWER |
| ALWAYS THE SAME |
| AMEN |
| ATMAN |
| BELOVED |
| BHAGVAN |
| BLISS |
| BOUNDLESS ENERGY |
| BRAHMA |
| BRAHMAN |
| CAUSELESS CAUSE |
| CHRIST |
| CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS |
| CONSCIOUSNESS |
| CREATOR |
| DEUS |
| DIVINE |
| DIVINE CREATOR |
| DIVINE ENERGY |
| DIVINE FEMININE |
| DIVINE MOTHER |
| DIVINE MYSTERY |
| DIVINE NECTAR |
| DIVINE PRESENCE |
| DIVINE PROVIDENCE |
| EL-SHADDAI |
| ELOHIM |
| ENDLESS BLISS |
| ESHWARA |
| ETERNITY |
| ETERNAL LIGHT |
| ETERNALLY AWAKE |
| EVER-ALERT |
| EVERLASTING FATHER |
| EXALTED ONE |
| EXISTENCE (BEING)-CONSCIOUSNESS-BLISS |
| FATHER |
| FEARLESS |
| FORMLESS |
| GANAPATYA |
| GOD |
| GODDESS |
| GRANDFATHER |
| GREAT CONSCIOUSNESS |
| GREAT EFFULGENCE |
| GREAT I AM |
| GREAT INTERCONNECTEDNESS |
| GREAT MASTER |
| GREAT MOTHER |
| GREAT MYSTERY |
| GREAT RADIANCE |
| GREAT SPIRIT |
| GREAT UNITY |
| HARI |
| HIGHER POWER |
| HIGHER SELF |
| HIGHEST ESSENCE |
| HIGHEST SELF |
| HOLY SPIRIT |
| HU |
| I |
| I AM |
| I AM THAT I AM |
| I-I |
| IMMORTAL |
| INDESCRIBABLE DIVINE |
| INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS |
| INFINITE ESSENCE |
| INFINITE HARMONY |
| INFINITE MYSTERY |
| INFINITE SOURCE |
| INFINITE SPIRIT |
| INFINITE WHOLENESS |
| ISHWARA PRASAD / ISHVARA |
| JAH |
| JEHOVAH |
| JESUS |
| LIVING UNIVERSE |
| LORD |
| LORD ALMIGHTY |
| LORD INVISIBLE |
| LORD OF ALL |
| LORD OF CREATION |
| LORD OF EXISTENCE |
| LORD OF LORDS |
| LORD OF THE UNIVERSE |
| LOVE |
| MOST EXALTED ONE |
| MOST HIGH |
| MWARI |
| MYSTERIOUS |
| NAMELESS ONE |
| NEVER CHANGING |
| NONDUAL AWARENESS |
| NOUMENON |
| OM |
| OMNIPRESENT |
| OMNISCIENT |
| ONE AWARENESS |
| ONENESS |
| ORIGINAL ESSENCE |
| PRANA |
| PRIMAL CAUSE |
| RE |
| REAL SELF |
| REALITY |
| ROOT OF CREATION |
| SAT CHIT ANANDA |
| SATNAM |
| SELF |
| SHAKTI |
| SHANG TI 上帝 ( HANYU PINYIN: SHÀNG DÌ) (LITERALLY: KING ABOVE) |
| SHIVA |
| SLEEPLESS |
| SOUL |
| SOUL SUPREME |
| SOURCE |
| SUGMAD |
| SUPREME BLISS |
| SUPREME ENERGY |
| SUPREME SELF |
| THAT I AM |
| THE ABSOLUTE |
| THE ABSOLUTE TRINITY |
| THE ALL PERVADING CONSCIOUSNESS |
| THE ALL PERVADING LOVE |
| THE CAUSELESS |
| THE COSMOS |
| THE ETERNAL |
| THE ETERNAL NOW |
| THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING |
| THE EVOLUTIONARY ABSOLUTE |
| THE FORCE |
| THE GOOD |
| THE GREAT I AM |
| THE GREAT LIFE |
| THE GREAT LIVING GOD |
| THE GREAT ONENESS |
| THE GREAT SPIRIT |
| THE GREAT UNIFIED FIELD |
| THE GREAT VOID |
| THE HIGH GOD |
| THE INFINITE |
| THE NOW |
| THE ONE |
| THE SUPREME |
| THE TAO |
| THE TIMELESS |
| THE ULTIMATE |
| THE UNBORN |
| THE UNION |
| THE UNITY |
| THE UNIVERSAL |
| THE UNIVERSAL ONE |
| THE UNIVERSE SELF |
| TOTALITY |
| TOTAL PRE AND POST BIG BANG REALITY |
| TOTAL REALITY |
| TRUE SELF |
| TRUTH |
| ULTIMATE CONCERN |
| ULTIMATE REALITY |
| ULTIMATE TRUTH |
| ULTIMATE UNITY OR ONENESS |
| ULTIMATE UNIVERSE REALITY |
| ULTIMATE WHOLENESS |
| UNATTAINABLE |
| UNBOUNDED AWARENESS |
| UNCONQUERABLE |
| UNIVERSAL ONENESS |
| UNIVERSAL SOUL |
| UNIVERSAL SPIRIT |
| UNIVERSE CONSCIOUSNESS |
| UNIVERSE ENTITY |
| UNMANIFEST |
| VISHNU |
| VISHU |
| VOID |
| WAHEGURU |
| WAKA TANKA |
| WHOLENESS |
| WITHOUT BEGINNING |
| WITHOUT CAUSE |
| WITHOUT END |
| WORLD MIND (Paul Brunton used this term) |
| WORLD SOUL |
| YAHWEH |
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