Kamal

Classical Sanskrit origin

कमल (kamala): mn. a lotus, lotus-flower.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

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: Dhanishta
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “mn. a lotus, lotus-flower”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Neeraj — Lotus, born from water, pure
• Aravind — Meanings families give: Lotus; Lotus flower
• Padma — Meanings families give: Lotus flower, Goddess Lakshmi; Lotus; Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus
• Charan — Meanings families give: Feet, one who moves; Lotus feet, one who seeks refuge; Feet of God, sacred touch of the divine
• Kamala — Meanings families give: Lotus, Goddess Lakshmi, pale red; Lotus, Goddess Lakshmi
• Padmaja — Meanings families give: Lotus-born, born from the lotus; Goddess Lakshmi, born from lotus; Born of lotus, Lakshmi; Born from lotus, Goddess Lakshmi

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
• Arnav — come from the sea
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated

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

Kamal's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.