Gayatri
Gayatri means Meanings families give: Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn; Sacred Vedic hymn, singer.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Telugu / Vedic |
| Language | Hindi / Telugu |
| Starts with | G |
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: Punarvasu
- More names starting with G
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn; Sacred Vedic hymn, singer”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Riya — Meanings families give: Singer, graceful; Singer; graceful; goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, Goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, gem
- Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice
- Kunjal — Cuckoo bird; melodious singer
- Gandharv — Celestial musician; divine singer
- Shlok — fame renown, glory, praise, hymn of praise
- Gayathri — Meanings families give: Sacred Vedic hymn; A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
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
Gayatri 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.