Alka
Alka means Long curly hair, girl with curls.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Marathi |
| Language | Marathi |
| Starts with | A |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Mesh
- Nakshatra: Ashwini
- More names starting with A
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Long curly hair, girl with curls”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Alaka — Beautiful curly hair, city of Kubera
- Kush — the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks)
- Ethan — Strong, firm, long-lived
- Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair
- Chiranjeevi — Meanings families give: Long-lived, immortal; Ever living, immortal
- Imran — Prosperity, long-lived
More girls' names of Marathi origin
Other names under Mesh rashi
- Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
- Aradhya — Worthy of worship
- Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
- Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.
Where this comes from
Alka 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.