Basanti
Basanti means Goddess of spring, yellow color.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Odia |
| Language | Odia |
| Starts with | B |
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: Vrishabh
- Nakshatra: Rohini
- More names starting with B
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Goddess of spring, yellow color”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Hari — yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour)
- Ketaki — Meanings families give: A fragrant flower; A fragrant flower, Pandanus; Screw pine flower, yellow flower
- Shenbagam — Golden-yellow flower
- Abir — Meanings families give: Color, fragrance; Color, festive powder used at Holi
- Nilima — Meanings families give: Blue, sky-colored; Blueness; the deep blue color; Blue, color of deep sky
- Swarna — Meanings families give: Gold, golden, the color of gold; Gold, golden, precious
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Odia origin
Other names under Vrishabh rashi
- Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
- Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
- Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
- Tara — n. a star
- Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.
Where this comes from
Basanti 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.