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Baby names by nakshatra

In many families a child's name begins with the syllable of the nakshatra pada the Moon was in at birth. Each of the 27 nakshatras has four padas, and each pada its own syllable. Choose the syllable to see the names that begin with it.

Every name here carries the dictionary entry its meaning was read from, and a grade: attested, compound, regional or a modern coinage. Where a name is not a Sanskrit word, the page says so, and where the dictionary's sense of it is unflattering, it says that too. 6,037 names in all.

Find the letters for a birth in Kalava. Give the date, the time and the town, and Kalava works out the nakshatra and its pada, and shows the names that fit.

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The 108 syllables

Each nakshatra's four padas in order, with the number of names that begin with each syllable.

  1. 1Ashwiniअश्विनी

    चुChu2चेChe13चोChononeलाLa43

  2. 2Bharaniभरणी

    लीLi9लूLu4लेLe6लोLo16

  3. 3Krittikaकृत्तिका

    आA581ईI77ऊU90एE54

  4. 4Rohiniरोहिणी

    ओO14वाVa277वीVi245वुVu10

  5. 5Mrigashiraमृगशिरा

    वेVe52वोVo9काKa238कीKi34

  6. 6Ardraआर्द्रा

    कुKu60घGha11ङNanoneछChha11

  7. 7Punarvasuपुनर्वसु

    केKe38कोKo29हाHa111हीHi27

  8. 8Pushyaपुष्य

    हुHu8हेHe17होHo3डाDa4

  9. 9Ashleshaआश्लेषा

    डीDinoneडूDunoneडेDenoneडोDo2

  10. 10Maghaमघा

    माMa334मीMi29मूMu46मेMe35

  11. 11Purva Phalguniपूर्वा फाल्गुनी

    मोMo10टाTa4टीTi1टूTu1

  12. 12Uttara Phalguniउत्तरा फाल्गुनी

    टेTenoneटोTononeपाPa272पीPi38

  13. 13Hastaहस्त

    पूPu70षSha211णNa124ठTha1

  14. 14Chitraचित्रा

    पेPe12पोPo3राRa183रीRi44

  15. 15Swatiस्वाति

    रूRu30रेRe22रोRo18ताTa67

  16. 16Vishakhaविशाखा

    तीTi27तूTu9तेTe14तोTo3

  17. 17Anuradhaअनुराधा

    नाNa124नीNi107नूNu9नेNe24

  18. 18Jyeshthaज्येष्ठा

    नोNo1याYa57यीYi1यूYu16

  19. 19Mulaमूल

    येYenoneयोYo18भाBha89भीBhi10

  20. 20Purva Ashadhaपूर्वाषाढ़ा

    भूBhu44धाDha62फाPha7ढाDhanone

  21. 21Uttara Ashadhaउत्तराषाढ़ा

    भेBhe4भोBho7जाJa136जीJi30

  22. 22Shravanaश्रवण

    खीKhi3खूKhu1खेKhe4खोKhonone

  23. 23Dhanishtaधनिष्ठा

    गाGa67गीGi19गूGu21गेGe1

  24. 24Shatabhishaशतभिषा

    गोGo37साSa594सीSi176सूSu325

  25. 25Purva Bhadrapadaपूर्व भाद्रपद

    सेSe66सोSo53दाDa66दीDi48

  26. 26Uttara Bhadrapadaउत्तर भाद्रपद

    दूDu45थThanoneझJha1ञNanone

  27. 27Revatiरेवती

    देDe55दोDo3चाCha87चीChi16
What the grades mean
attested
The name is a word in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit dictionary, and the meaning is the dictionary's own.
compound
Two dictionary words joined; the meaning gives both halves.
regional
Not a Sanskrit word as it is written, but long given in Indian families: it is in the Indian electoral rolls. A Tamil or Malayalam form of a Sanskrit name says so, and takes that word's meaning.
modern coinage
Not a Sanskrit word and not in the rolls: a recent name, seen in US or UK birth registers.

MW is Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), by page and column; Apte is The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), by page. Where a name is not a Sanskrit word, its Devanagari is worked out from the English spelling.

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Meanings from Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), and Apte, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), as digitised by the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, CC BY-SA 4.0. Popularity from the US Social Security Administration (public domain), the Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0) and Indian electoral-roll first names (Chintalapati, Laohaprapanon and Sood, CC0). Kalava's names data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The licence. This page is shared under the same licence.