Chaitra

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: Kanya
• Nakshatra: Hasta
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: First month of Hindu calendar; First month of Hindu calendar, spring”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Kartik — Meanings families give: Month of Kartika, son of Shiva, god of war; Brave, son of Shiva, the month; Son of Shiva and Parvati; commander of gods; Month of Kartik, Lord Kartikeya
• Ashwina — Born in Ashwin month, horse tamer
• Shravani — Meanings families give: Holy month Shravan, listener; Born in Shravan month, moonlit
• Chaitali — Born in the spring month of Chaitra
• Karthika — Meanings families give: Of the Krittikas, born in Karthika month; Month of Karthik, star Karthika

More girls' names of Kannada / Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Pallavi — Meanings families give: New leaves, bud; New leaves, tender green shoots; New leaves, young sprouts; New leaves, fresh sprouting
• Bharathi — Meanings families give: Goddess Saraswati, India personified; Goddess Saraswati, India, eloquent; India, Goddess Saraswati, blessed
• Kusuma — Meanings families give: Flower, blossom, in full bloom; Flower, blossom, bloom; Flower, blossom
• Triveni — Meanings families give: Junction of three sacred rivers; Three sacred rivers confluence

Other names under Kanya rashi

• Dhruv — Meanings families give: Pole star, constant; Pole star, fixed, immovable; Pole star, fixed and unwavering
• Parth — Meanings families give: Prince, Arjuna; Arjuna, prince; Son of Pritha, another name for Arjuna the great hero; Arjuna, son of Pritha, earthly; Son of Pritha; name of Arjuna; Arjuna, one who never misses the target; Arjuna, king, prince
• Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent
• Priyanka — Meanings families give: Lovable, beautiful; Favourite, dear one, lovable; Lovable, dear one; Lovable, dear, beautiful; Lovable, dear one, winning heart; Loveable, charming, dear; Lovable, dear; Lovable, dear, beloved
• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Pooja — Meanings families give: Prayer, worship, adoration; Worship, prayer; Worship, prayer, reverence; Worship, prayer, adoration

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kanya names.

Where this comes from

Chaitra 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.