Bhaskar
Bhaskar means Meanings families give: Sun, shining; Sun, one who creates light and illuminates; The sun, one who shines; The sun; one who shines brightly.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Assamese / Bengali / Hindi / Telugu |
| 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 “Meanings families give: Sun, shining; Sun, one who creates light and illuminates; The sun, one who shines; The sun; one who shines brightly”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Agalya — One who shines in all directions
- Sudipta — Well illuminated; brightly lit
- Prajwala — Blazing, glowing brightly
- Deepak — Meanings families give: Lamp, one who illuminates; Lamp, light, candle; Lamp, light, illuminating
- Pradip — Meanings families give: Lamp, one who illuminates others on the right path; Lamp, light; one who illuminates; Lamp, light, illumination
- Dileep — Meanings families give: King of the solar race, protector and guardian; One who illuminates, generous king
More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali / Sanskrit-Telugu origin
- Partha — Meanings families give: Prince, son of Pritha; Son of Pritha, Arjuna; Son of Pritha (Kunti); Arjuna
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
Bhaskar 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.