Karthika

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Of the Krittikas, born in Karthika month; Month of Karthik, star Karthika”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Karthi — Lord Murugan born from the Krittikas
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Kartik — Meanings families give: Month of Kartika, son of Shiva, god of war; Brave, son of Shiva, the month; Son of Shiva and Parvati; commander of gods; Month of Kartik, Lord Kartikeya
• Chaitra — Meanings families give: First month of Hindu calendar; First month of Hindu calendar, spring
• Ashwina — Born in Ashwin month, horse tamer
• Shravani — Meanings families give: Holy month Shravan, listener; Born in Shravan month, moonlit

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Telugu / Tamil origin

• Mythili — Meanings families give: Daughter of Mithila, Sita; Goddess Sita, daughter of Mithila
• Maheshwari — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, great goddess; Great goddess, consort of Mahesh
• Banupriya — Meanings families give: Beloved of the sun; Beloved of the sun, sunbeam

Where this comes from

Karthika 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.