Janaki

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: Makar
• Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha
• More names starting with J

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Daughter of Janaka, Goddess Sita; Daughter of Janaka, Sita”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Mithil — N. of a city said to have been founded by Mithi or Mithila (it was the capital of Videha or the modern Tirhut, and residence of King Janaka)
• Mithilesh — King of Mithila, a name for Janaka, father of Sita
• Siya — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Goddess Sita, white; Goddess Sita, pure white
• Vaidehi — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Sita; from Videha kingdom; pure
• Sitabai — Lady Sita, devoted pure woman
• Mythili — Meanings families give: Daughter of Mithila, Sita; Goddess Sita, daughter of Mithila

Other names under Makar rashi

• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Jyoti — Meanings families give: Light, flame; Light, flame, radiance
• Jainam — Victorious
• Jyothi — Meanings families give: Light, flame, radiance; Light, flame, brightness
• Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair

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

Where this comes from

Janaki 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.