Kanika

Classical Sanskrit origin

कणिका (kaṇikā): a drop, atom, small particle.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Anshika — Minute particle, ray of light
• Lava — A small portion or particle; twin son of Rama and Sita
• Bindhu — Meanings families give: Drop of water, point, dot; A drop, point, Goddess Parvati
• Indu — Ved. a drop (especially of Soma)
• Bindu — Meanings families give: Drop of water, dot, point of creation; Drop, point, dot, spot
• Himabindu — Drop of snow, cool and pure

More girls' names of Bengali / Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Prativa — Meanings families give: Intelligent, reflection, image; Talent, genius; bright and intelligent; Intelligence, skill

Where this comes from

Kanika'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.