Chandrika

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Punarvasu
• More names starting with C

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Moonlight, moonbeam; Moonlight, moonlit, of the moon; Moonlight, luminous, bright”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kiran — a ray or beam of light, a sun- or moonbeam
• Chandni — Moonlight, moonbeam
• Rashmitha — Ray of light, moonbeam
• Chandrakala — Meanings families give: Digit of moon, phase of the crescent; Phase of the moon, moonbeam; Digit of the moon, beautiful as moonbeam
• Sasikala — Moonbeam, ray of moon
• Shashikala — Meanings families give: Phase of the moon, crescent; Phase of the moon, moonbeam

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

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

Where this comes from

Chandrika 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.