Kavin

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Darsh — Meanings families give: Sight, Lord Krishna; Sight, vision and the auspicious sight of the divine; Vision, sight, handsome
• Sudarshan — good-looking, beautiful, handsome
• Shobhana — Meanings families give: Beautiful, splendid, brilliant; Bright, beautiful, handsome
• Shovon — Handsome, beautiful; good-looking one
• Hassan — Handsome, good, Mappila Muslim Kerala name
• Waseem — Handsome, good-looking and attractive

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Tamil origin

• Yuvan — Meanings families give: Young, strong; Young, healthy, youthful; Youthful, strong; Young, youthful, vigorous; Young and strong, youthful
• Nilan — Meanings families give: Moon; Blue sky, the vast and beautiful blue expanse
• Ilamaran — Meanings families give: Young and vigorous, youthful and full of energy; Young man

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

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

Where this comes from

Kavin 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.