Gaurav

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
• More names starting with G

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Pride, honor and dignity that inspires respect; Pride, honor, prestige, glory; Pride, honour, respect”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Waqar — Dignity, prestige and noble stature
• Shaan — Meanings families give: Pride, glory and magnificent dignified honor; Pride, style, grace; Pride, dignity, glory
• Gourab — Glory, pride, honor; great achievement
• Suyash — Great fame, excellent reputation and glorious honor
• Pratap — splendour, brilliancy, glory, majesty, dignity, power, strength
• Naman — Meanings families give: Salutation, bowing in reverence and respect; Salutation, bowing in respect; Salutation, bow

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi origin

• Rohan — a means of ascending
• Aniket — Meanings families give: Lord of the world, one who has no fixed abode; Homeless wanderer, Lord Shiva
• Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair
• Harsha — joy, pleasure, happiness (also personified as a son of Dharma)
• Nitin — Meanings families give: One who follows the correct path, righteous person; Master of right path, leader
• Tushar — sg. and pl. frost, cold, snow, mist, dew, thin rain

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

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

Where this comes from

Gaurav 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.