Kamalika

Classical Sanskrit origin

कमलीका (kamalīkā): a small lotus.

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: Kark
• Nakshatra: Pushya
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Deepika — Meanings families give: Light, lamp; A small lamp, little light; Small lamp, light, lantern; Lamp, light, illumination; Little lamp, illuminating
• Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman
• Kanika — a drop, atom, small particle
• Nikki — Small and pure, little precious one
• Geetika — Little song, small melody
• Wren — Small bird, tiny and spirited

More girls' names of Bengali / Sanskrit origin

• Meghna — Meanings families give: River, clouds, rain bearer; The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
• Sahana — Meanings families give: Patience, raga name; Patient, enduring, tolerant; Patience, tolerance; a classical raga; Patience, endurance, musical raga
• Debika — Meanings families give: Little goddess; Little goddess; divine feminine form
• Nilanjana — Meanings families give: Blue-eyed, dark eyes like a doe; Blue-eyed; one with blue-tinted eyes
• Kuhu — Meanings families give: Singing of birds, cuckoo sound; Song of the cuckoo; sweet melodious bird
• Trishna — thirst, i

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

Kamalika'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.