Devaki

In the epics

Devaki appears in the Mahābhārata as a queen: Great-minded Devaka's daughter.

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: Kark
• Nakshatra: Pushya
• More names starting with D

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Mother of Lord Krishna, divine woman; Divine, mother of Krishna”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Aditi — Meanings families give: Unbounded, infinite, mother of gods; Boundless, free, mother of gods; Mother of gods, boundless, free; Free, boundless, mother of gods
• Rhea — Flowing stream, mother goddess
• Gayathri — Meanings families give: Sacred Vedic hymn; A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
• Gayatri — Meanings families give: Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn; Sacred Vedic hymn, singer
• Mariyamma — Mother Mary, beloved of Mary
• Anjana — N. of Hanumat's mother

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada origin

• Akshata — Meanings families give: Rice, indestructible; Unbroken rice grains used in rituals
• Tejaswini — Meanings families give: Glowing with light and energy; Radiant, glowing with energy
• Sushma — Meanings families give: Beautiful, attractive, very lovely; Beautiful, pleasant, graceful

Other names under Kark rashi

• Priya — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear; Beloved, dear one, darling; Beloved, dear one; Dear, beloved; one who is cherished; Beloved, dear one, cherished
• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Disha — Meanings families give: Direction, path, guiding light; Direction, guidance, aim; Direction, path
• Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion

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

Where this comes from

Devaki 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.