Kalidasan

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: Vrischik
• Nakshatra: Anuradha
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Servant of Kali; Devotee of Kali, servant of the goddess”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Bhairabi — Fierce goddess, Kali; morning raga in music
• Jaba — Hibiscus flower; red flower beloved by Kali
• Nanak — Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru
• Gurdas — Servant of the Guru, Guru's devotee
• Gursevak — Servant of the Guru, one who serves
• Bhagwandas — Servant of God, devoted soul

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Malayalam / Tamil origin

• Karthikeyan — Meanings families give: Son of Krittika stars, Murugan; Son of the Pleiades, Lord Murugan
• Kumaran — Meanings families give: Lord Murugan, young lord; Young one, son of Lord Shiva, Murugan
• Santhosh — Meanings families give: Contentment, happiness; Contentment, happiness, satisfaction
• Narayanan — Meanings families give: Lord Vishnu, son of Nara; Abode of man, Vishnu, the cosmic deity
• Ramachandran — Meanings families give: Moon-faced Rama; Rama the moon-like, one as brilliant as moon
• Vijayan — Meanings families give: Victorious; Victorious, the triumphant one

Other names under Vrischik rashi

• Neha — Meanings families give: Rain, love, affection; Love, affection, dew
• Neel — Meanings families give: Blue, sapphire; Blue, sapphire colored like the sky and ocean; Blue, sapphire; Lord Vishnu; Blue, like the sky
• Naman — Meanings families give: Salutation, bowing in reverence and respect; Salutation, bowing in respect; Salutation, bow
• Nikhil — n. complete, all
• Anusha — Star, following, after dawn
• Krisha — Meanings families give: Divine, enchanting; Feminine form of Krishna; divine

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

Where this comes from

Kalidasan 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.