Ganesh

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: Ashlesha
• More names starting with G

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Ganapathi — Lord Ganesha, lord of hosts
• Gajanan — Meanings families give: Lord Ganesh with elephant face; Elephant-faced, Ganesha
• Gajsingh — Elephant warrior, mighty one
• Gajanand — Joyful as an elephant, Ganesha
• Matangi — Goddess of outcasts, elephant gait
• Airavati — the female of Indra's elephant

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Vishnu — Meanings families give: Lord Vishnu, preserver; All-pervading, the preserver; The preserver, all-pervading lord; All-pervading, protector, sustainer of universe

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
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
• Keerthana — Meanings families give: Devotional song; Praise, devotional song; Devotional song, fame, glory; Devotional song, praise

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

Where this comes from

Ganesh 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.