Daksha
Daksha means n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Marathi |
| Language | Marathi |
| Starts with | D |
Classical Sanskrit origin
दक्ष (dakṣa): n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
In the epics
Daksha appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a character: Prajapati who had sixty famous daughters.
Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.
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: Dhanu
- Nakshatra: Purva Ashadha
- More names starting with D
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Samarth — Meanings families give: Capable, powerful and fully competent in all things; Capable, powerful, able
- Tarsem — One who is able to cross over, blessed rescuer
- Mahir — Meanings families give: Expert, skilled, talented; Skilled, expert, talented
- Mahira — Skilled, expert
- Kushal — Meanings families give: Clever, skilled; Expert, clever, skilled
- Praveen — Meanings families give: Skilled, expert; Expert, skilled; Skilled, expert, proficient
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Marathi origin
Other names under Dhanu rashi
- Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
- Shruti — Meanings families give: Heard, sacred scriptures, Vedas; That which is heard, the Vedas; Hearing, sacred scriptures
- Ayyappan — Meanings families give: Lord Ayyappa; Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
- Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
- Tanushree — Meanings families give: Beautiful body, graceful; One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
- Sowmya — Meanings families give: Gracious, calm, born of moonlight; Gentle, soft, pleasing; Gentle, calm, mild, Goddess Parvati; Gentle, soft, pleasing, calm
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Dhanu names.
Where this comes from
Daksha's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.