Synopsis The book is an outcome of more than 20 years of compilation, analysis and study of related scriptural and historical literature on the subject of Indian anthroponomy. In a way it is a unique contribution to anthroponomics in general and the Indian anthroponomy in Particular. Moreover, it is for the first time that the subject has been dealt with form various linguistic, socio-cultural and historical viewpoints, right from the Vedic period to the modern age. There the exhaustive analysis of the bases and patterns of Indian names presents a panoramic view of changing psyche of the masses belo9nging to different castes. Communities and regions in different epochs of Indian history. As such this volume undoubtedly provides a rare scope to readers interested in having intimate knowledge of history, patterns and emerging new trends with regard to the selection of personal names. Besides, this volume also provides a ready list of the latest trends and fancies of the their dear offspring and gives a glimpse of the conceptual unity observable among various heterogeneous linguistic groups in this context.