Kartik

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: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Rohini
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Kartikesh — Lord of Kartik, the supreme commander of divine armies
• Krithik — Son of Kritika stars, another name for Kartikeya
• Senapati — Commander of the army; from Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Dalapati — Commander of forces, army chief
• Deivasenapati — Commander of divine army
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
• Tara — n. a star
• Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Kartik 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.