Damodara

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: Mula
• More names starting with D

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Krishna with a rope around his belly”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Damodar — Meanings families give: One tied by a rope around the belly, Lord Krishna; Bound by rope at belly, Lord Krishna; Rope-bound one, Krishna devotee name
• Manikanta — With a jewel around the neck, Ayyappa
• Damini — Meanings families give: Lightning, one who controls, rope; Lightning; one who controls
• Damodaran — The one bound by rope, Krishna
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Madhav — Meanings families give: Sweet one, born in spring, a name of Lord Krishna; Born in spring, Krishna; Lord Krishna, sweet as honey

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Shiva — Auspicious, the destroyer
• Rama — pleasing, delighting, rejoicing
• Srikanth — ‘beautiful-throated’, a partic. bird
• Anirudh — Grandson of Krishna, unstoppable
• Goutham — Lord Buddha, remover of darkness

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

Damodara 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.