Hansa

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 H

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman
• Hamsa — Meanings families give: Swan, the vehicle of Saraswati; Swan, pure soul, divine
• Hansabai — Lady swan, graceful and pure
• Dev — God, divine being
• Purushottam — Meanings families give: Best among men, Vishnu; Supreme being, Jagannath title
• Harish — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva or Vishnu, the supreme divine being; Lord Vishnu, destroyer of sorrow; Lord Vishnu, lion

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

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

Hansa 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.