Kamakshi

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 K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Love-eyed, Goddess with love in eyes; Goddess with loving eyes, Parvati; Love-eyed goddess, Parvati”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Vatsalabai — Affectionate and loving lady
• Premkunwar — Loving princess, tender royal
• Omana — Tender, loving, gentle; beloved child
• Sonakshi — Golden-eyed, daughter of Salman
• Meenakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed Goddess, Goddess Parvati; Fish-eyed goddess, form of Parvati; Fish-eyed, Goddess Parvati
• Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Sanjana — Meanings families give: Gentle, goddess of creation; Gentle, harmonious, born together; Soft-natured, gentle, creator; Gentle, harmonious, creator
• Madhavi — Meanings families give: Sweet as honey, spring season; Spring season, sweet like honey; A creeper, spring season, honey

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

Kamakshi 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.