Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Indonesian

Usage note Many Indonesians have Arab or Hindu first names, depending on their religion. Indonesian girls names Abigail Adah Adriana Agata Agatha Agnes Agustina Ai Aisyah Amsia Anabel Anabela Anabella Anabelle Anah Angel Angela Angelica Angelika Angelina Angeline Anggi Angie Ani Anisah Annabel Annabella Annabelle Annisa Arina Asma Asmawati Asni Ati Aulia Ayu Basariah Be Beatrice Beatrix Bibi Biduri Butet Carolina Caroline Catherine Chairania Christine Chut-Nja-Din Çurpanakha Cut Dahliana Damayanti Dara-Jingga Dara-Petak Demmink Dewi Desi Dessy Dian Diana Dita Donk Duvinse Dyah Eleanor Eleanora Elianah Elisabet Elisabeth Elizabeth Ellarose Endang Eni Enny Enok Eny Erlyinda Erma Erna Ester Esti Eva Evans Evelina Eveline Evelyn Evi Evie Evita Fauziah Fenty Fitri Giriputri Grace Gracia Graciela Gratia Haeyanti Hana Harianti Harsini Hartini Haryati Hasna Hawa Hennika Henny Herawati Herna Hersanti Hertati Ida Ien Iin Imelda Ina Indijah Inggit Ira Irawati Irwan Jane Janet Janice Jannigje Jeanne Jennifer Jenny Jessica Joan Juli Juliana Jumiati Kalawenara Kamsiah Karla Karolina Karoline Katarina Katerina Katherine Kemala Ketut Kirana Kiyesha Komang Kristin Kristina Laila Laksari Lauana Lea Lely Leonora Liliana Lilis Lisma Lusiana Maemunah Maesaroh Magdalena Margaretha Maria Mariah Markonah Mas Megowati Meri Meuthia Mitya Mutiara Nabylla Namora Oloan Ni Nini Novi Nur Nuraeni Nurhajati Dini Nuruhayati Nurul Nyoman Prita Puteri Raden Rasuna Ratha Ratih Ratna Ratu Reda Ria Rina Rini Rosa Rosalia Rosalina Rosalyn Rosaria Rosario Rose Rosella Rosina Rosy Sarni Setyaningsih Sinta Sinthia Sioe Siska Siti Sri Soemadiredja Soesanti Soewarsih Srihati Srikandi Sugiarti Sukarni Sulastinah Sulastri Sulistyorini Sumbadra Sumiati Suminten Sumitra Suprihatin Suradnya Surtikanti Susi Susulowati Sutiati Syagini Tan Tarakinta Taty Tika Tirta Titik Tiza Tumanniranga Ulfah Umi Visi Wahjuningsih Warsijati Widiyawati Widyastuti Wiwik Wiwit Yatun Yeti Yuli Indonesian boys names Acawarman Agung Airlangga Ajisaka Alimuddin Alison Amangku Amangkurat Ametung Andika Anusanatha Apul Arok Ardianto Arya Atok August Awaluddin Badrul Alam Bahadur Balihung Bambang Bambong Sugeng Batu Batuta Bayu Bejo Boleife Bonjol Budi Buwana Buyung Cahyono Carolus Cecep Chairil Chairul Charles Çiva Daksa Debata Dewantara Endang Entji Erlangga Eyo Fakhry Gede Guntur Hamengku Harris Hary Hasanuddin Hassim Hasyim Hatta Henri Henry Hiawang Hulanapo Irvin Janggam Jarot Jatawaman Jayakatong Joko Jonathan Kartanegara Kartodirdjo Kasumenagara Kersen Khoen Kiani Kundugga Kurniawan Kusnasosro Lemboe Madja Mangkubuni Mangoenkoesomo Maraja Marturak Matulesia Mauliwarmadewa Mochtar Mukmin Muzzammil Nanggroe Narotama Naufal Nurul Alam Pak Panembahan Pangeran Parameswara Purnadi Qamar al-Zaman Qamar ud-Din Raden Ranga Rexi Rinto Roem Ruslan Sarmini Sartoro Satyawati Sinduk Singa Soemarsaid Sopan Sugeng Suharto Sukanlah Sukarno Sukiman Suluang Sumitro Suparman Surapati Susuhanan Suyono Syahrul Tahmid Takdir Teungku Tilo Tjipto Tjokroaminoto Tohjaya Triago Tunggul Wijaya Wirapandya Yapto Yonatan Yustinus Yuwono Balinese first names People on the island of Bali have only four first names in use among them, and all are gender-neutral. The firstborn is named Wayan or Gede or Putu, the second child is named Made or Kadek, the third is named Nyoman (Man) or Komang (Mang), and the fourth always named Ketut (Tut). Once the parents have their fifth child, they will name him or her Wayan Balik (Balik being a Balinese word meaning “again”). Malaysian girls’ names Aside from Arab and Hindu names: Aida (Ida) Aini Anis Anisah Arfah Asyiqin Ayu Cempaka Ché Dayang Delima Eevon Esme Geok Haslina Hasliza Hasmah Hawa Hayati Intan Ismah Khairulnisa Lela Lina Lyana Masnah Mastura Mazlin Mazlina Maznah Melati Melur Mutiara (Yara, Tiara) Nik Noor Nor Noraini Norazah Norhasnize Norhenaza Norlaili Norlina Normah Normi Norsiah Nur Nurul Radin Rafeah Rosnani Rosni Ruhil Saleha Sanisah Seri Sharifah Siti Sofea Soopia Suhana Suriani Suriati Syafika (Fika) Syahidah Syamala Syamira (Mira) Syarifah Tongoo Venita Wan Wati Zahreen Zaini Zainon Zaiton Zaliha Zeti Zetty Zuhal Malaysian boys’ names Aside from Arab and Hindu names: Abidin Adnan Affendi Ahmad Ahnani Alif Along Ariff Ariffin Awang Azmi Azrul Badan Bahari Bukhari Burhan Dahari Dato Duman Encik Fais Faisal Faiz Faizal Idzham Ismail Jamaluddin Jasni Jefri Johan Kamaluddin Kamarul Khair Khairuddin Khairul Khir Lokman Luqman Mah Mat Meor Mohamad Mohammad Mohamed Mohammed Muhamad Muhammad Nik Noh Noor Nor Nordin Norman Nur Ridhuan Rosdi Roslan Rosli Rosman Sanusi Shaari Shafie Shaharuddin Shamsul Sheikh Shukry Suffian Suhaimi Syaari Syari Syed Syukri Syukur Taha Tajuddin Tarmizi Tun Wan Yatim Yawsoon Yusri Zainal Zulkanain Indonesian surnames The -putri (daughter) and -putra (son) surnames are patronymics. Among Indonesians who use these, Sinduk Sartoroputra’s daughter would be Siti Sindukputri and his son would be Budi Sindukputra. Some Indonesians have Arabic surnames (Rahman, Anwar, Ali, Yusuf, Hasan, etc.) Abdurrachman Abidin Abraham Adiwisastra Adjeng Adjitorop Agustina Ai Aini Aisah Aisyah Alatas Alisjahbana Aliwarga Am Aminah Amuata Anam Andriani Andyanto Angela Anggawarsito Anggakusuma Anggodo Anggono Anggoro Anggraeni Anggraini Anggriawan Angkadiredja Angkasa Angkiat Angryanto Antonio Anugrah Arbi Arifin Ariwibowo Asih Astuti Astutik Ateng Atmadja Atmodikoro Azis Azizah Badak Baderan Bagoes Bagus Bahri Baidan Bako Bandjar Baroleh Basirun Basri Batusura Belawan Benjamin Benyamin Bimo Boedihardjo Bolosan Bong Bratanata Buchori Budiardjo Budiman Budiono Bunaidi Bunda Buntaran Bunyamin Cahyono Candrakusuma Candrasaputra/Candrasaputri Canggih Caniago Cendana Chandrawinata Chandriluhur Ciawi Cokro Daoed Daritan Darmali Darmawan Darnayanti Darwis Dasai Dewi Dhanutirto Dharsono Djaim Djajadiningrat Djambek Djiwandono Djojohadiksumo Djojonegoro Djojopoespito Djoyosuroto Ea Efendi Effendi Ernawati Falakhi Famita Fandi Fangestu Fania Farida Fatimah Fauzi Firmansyah Fitriani Fungestu Gerungan Ginting Gondo Gondokusumo Gotama Gozali Gunadi Gunardi Gunawan Gunungalip Guret Habibie Hadi Hadimartono Hadisubana Halimah Haliman Halimkusuma Handaya Handayani Handidjaja Handjojo Handoko Handoyo Hanjaya Hanjoyo Harahap Hardjono Hardjoprajitno Hariyanto Harsono Hartanoe Hartanto Hartati Hartini Hartono Haryantho Haryanto Hasanah Hasibuan Hayati Hehamahua Hendrawan Hengky Herawati Herianto Hermawan Hertanto Hi Hidayah Hidayat Hidayati Hoana Hoanike Hoanita Hoanoto Honoris Huda Hurek Hutagaol Iba Ie Ikari Ilar Inn Inyo Irawan Irodikromo Iskandar Jannah Japutra/Japutri Jaya Jayaputra/Jayaputri Jayawan Jingga Joa Joeswanto Josodirdjo Juanda Juanito Juano Kangean Karnaya Karo Karo Kartini Kartio Kartodirdjo Kartosuwiryo Kathirithamby Katoppo Katuuk Kawilarang Kepale Dese (Achinese) Kertanegara Keruas (Achinese) Kesowo Khasanah Khoosasi Khosasih Khotimah Kiaidemak Kogoya Komar Komarudin Kosasih Kowara Kromowidjojo Kumala Kumia Kuncoro Kuntai Kurnia Kurniadi Kurniasih Kurniawan Kurniawati Kusika Kusmuljono Kusnadi Kusuma Kusumaatmadja Kusumawijaya Laa Lamaborak Lauvin Lauwita Lawang Lawardi Lawrence Laya Leman Lemandjaja Lemanjaya Leo Leonardo Lestari Leyn Liam Lianto Licindo Liecharlie Liedarto Liem Liemena Lika Liman Limandau Limansubronoto Limantara Limanto Limantoro Limarta Limau Limawan Limiardi Limijanti Limijanto Limputra/Limputri Linanto Linardi Linus Listiohadi Lithay Liy Liyono Loekito Loekman Loekmantoro Lovin Lubis Luhulima Lukas Lukito Lukmanto Lumba Lumenta Luna Lunardy Lusanto Lutansieto Lz Mainaky Makagiansar Makarim Malaiholo Manganan Mangkunegara Maniani Manuputty Manurung Manuwu Marlina Maroef Martoatmodjo Marunduri Maryadi Maryati Mataram Maulana Modjo Moestadja Mohede Mollema Momon Mongilong Mulawarman Muljana Muljoto Mulyadi Mulyana Mulyani Mulyati Mulyono Murdani Mursalim Mustofa Mutia Nainggolan Naki Nasoetion Nastalim Nasution Natan Nauli Neonardi Ngayoh Ngurawan Ningsih Nitisastro Njoto Nugraha Nugroho Nuraeni Nurhayati Nurjanah Nursalim Nurtanio Ny Nyoto Oe Oegroseno Oei Oemarsanoesi Oesman Onggano Onggo Ongko Ongkowijoyo Ote Paar Pagan (Achinese) Pahlawan Pakubumi Pakubuwana Palar Pane Pangestu Panggabean Panjaitan Paramita Pasaribu Pawironadi Permana Pranata Prasetio Prasetya Prasetyo Pratama Pratiwi Prawiranega Prayitno Prayogo Priyanto Pulukadang Purba Purbacaraka Purnama Purnomo Purwanti Purwanto Puspita Puspitasari Putra/Putri Radja Rahardjo Raharjo Rahayu Rahmanto Rahmat Rahmawati Rajagukguk Ramali Rambulangi Ramli Ratulangi Redjosentono Reksodipoetro Reksohadiprodjo Riady Riberu Ridwan Rifai Riyadi Riyanto Rohmah Rohman Romuli Ronohadiwidjojo Rovanio Rumambi Ruru Rusli Ruslim Saepudin Safitri Sahanaya Sahilatua Samahita Samoa Sanggalo Sangian Santoso Saputra/Saputri Saputro Saragih Sari Sartika Sasongko Sastrosurarto Satyalim Se Sedyaningsih Sembiring Senen Seng Setiadi Setiawan Setiawati Setio Seto Setyawan Setyo Setyopurnomo Setyowati Siagian Siahaan Sieto Sihombing Sikumbang Simanjuntak Simbolon Sinaga Sinar Sindoro Siregar Siswanto Sitompul Sitorus Situmorang Slamet Soedarman Soedjatmoko Soedjono Soeganda Soegihartanto Soegijoko Soehadi Soekotjo Soemardi Soemawinata Soemitro Soeryohadikoesoemo Soetanto Soetjipto Soewondo Soleh Solihin Solikin Somohardjo Sonatan Sosro Subadio Subagja Subandrio Sudiman Sudirgo Sudjana Sudrajat Suebu Sugondo Suhandi Suharlim Suharto Suherman Suhuyanli Suhuyanly Suka Sukarman Sukarno Sukarnoputra/Sukarnoputri Sulastri Sulistio Sumargo Sumarni Sumarno Sumbung Sumiati Sumual Sunardi Sundakh Supriadi Supriatna Supriyadi Supriyanto Suratinoyo Surjanto Suryadi Suryana Suryani Susanti Susanto Susantyo Susetyo Susilawati Susilo Susilowati Sutalaksana Sutanto Sutaryo Sutedja Sutiono Sutisna Sutrisno Suwandi Suwito Suyudono Syahputra/Syahputri Syariel Taa Tabuni Tadjuddin Talim Talin Talogo Tambayong Tanadi Tanamal Tanandar Tanardo Tanasal Tanaya Tandika Tandiono Tandjung Tandoko Tandubana Tania Taniwan Tanjaya Tanjung Tanojo Tanoto Tantama Tanto Tanu Tanubrata Tanudisastro Tanujaya Tanumihardja Tanuseputro Tanusudibyo Tanutama Tanuwidjaja Tanzil Tarigan Taslim Teddy Tedja Tedjamulia Tedjasukmana Tedjokumro Teja Tejarukmana Tenggara Tengger Tia Tindo Tirok Tirtasana Tjahjadi Tjahjana Tjakrawerdaya Tjandra Tjandrakusuma Tjandrawinata Tjea Tjhia Tjia Tjiasmanto Tjoa Tjokro Tobing Tranggono Tuanakotta Uk Umar Unang Unga Unus Utama Utami Utomo Utu Vonco Wahyudi Wahyuni Wahyuningsih Walangitan Wanandi Wanggai Wangsa Wangsadinata Wangsapoetra Wati Wau Waworuntu We Wenda Wendi Wibisono Wibowo Widagdo Widargo Widiatmo Widjaja Widodo Widyastuti Wienathan Wignjowijoto Wijanarko Wijaya Wijayanti Wijonarko Wijono Willy Winardi Winarto Winata Windra Winoto Wiraatmadja Wirahadi Wirahadikusumah Wirajuda Wiranata Wirasonjaya Wiriokoesoemo Wirya Wiryanto Wiryo Wiryono Wisanto Witoelar Wiyono Wonda Wongso Wongsojoyo Wono Wonopati Wuisan Wulandari Wurianto Yani Yansen Yanti Yanto Yapardi Yapip Yaputra/Yaputri Yatsen Yektiurip Ylang Yohan Yonatan Yongki Yorensin Yoshodharmo Yosieto Yoso Yuanita Yuliana Yulianti Yulianto Zees Malaysian surnames Although Chinese, Hindu and Arab surnames predominate along the Malays, there are some Malaysian surname spellings. Beng bin Ismail Bob Cheah Cheong Chhoa Chieng Chiew Chooi Choong Chua Chuah Foon Foong Gan Ghee Gnanalingam Goh Har Heah Hooi Hwa Jusoh Kaw Kee Khaw Khoo Koh Kuan Lee Liew Lim Loke Loong Mat Moi Moo Neoh Ng Ngooi Nik Ooi Pee Pillay Poh Seng Shamsudin Shanmughalingam Siew Siow Soh Sulong Tan Tay Tee Teh Ten Tenn Tet Teo Toh Tortajada Voo Wan Wee Wong Yaacob Yeap Yeoh Yew