Esha

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: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Bharani
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Desire, wish, goddess Parvati; Desire, wish; one who is desired”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Ishita — Meanings families give: Mastery, superiority; Mastery, desired, one with divine power; Mastery, desired one; she who desires; Desired, wished for; mastery; Mastery, supremacy, greatness
• Evelyn — Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline
• Vanitha — Meanings families give: Woman, beloved; Woman, beloved, desired one; Woman, wife, beloved
• Kanta — Beautiful, beloved, desired
• Trisha — Meanings families give: Noble, patrician; Desire, thirst; Noble woman, aristocrat; Thirst; one who is always searching; Wish, desire; thirst; Desire, wish; Thirst, desire, noble lineage
• Aakanksha — Meanings families give: Desire, wish, aspiration; Desire, ambition, wish; Wish, desire, aspiration

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali origin

• Padma — Meanings families give: Lotus flower, Goddess Lakshmi; Lotus; Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus
• Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi
• Indrani — Meanings families give: Wife of Indra; Wife of Indra; queen of the gods
• Adrika — Meanings families give: Celestial, of the mountains; Celestial; of the mountains
• Urmila — Meanings families give: Wife of Lakshmana, enchanting; Enchanting, waves of passion; wife of Lakshmana
• Jayanti — Meanings families give: Victorious, daughter of Indra; Victorious; born on a day of victory

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending

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

Where this comes from

Esha 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.