Keshav

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: Makar
• Nakshatra: Dhanishta
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kush — the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks)
• Ethan — Strong, firm, long-lived
• Chiranjeevi — Meanings families give: Long-lived, immortal; Ever living, immortal
• Imran — Prosperity, long-lived
• Alka — Long curly hair, girl with curls
• Vipul — n. large, extensive, wide, great, thick, long (also of time), abundant, numerous, important, loud (as a noise), noble (as a race)

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi origin

• Rohan — a means of ascending
• Gaurav — Meanings families give: Pride, honor and dignity that inspires respect; Pride, honor, prestige, glory; Pride, honour, respect
• Aniket — Meanings families give: Lord of the world, one who has no fixed abode; Homeless wanderer, Lord Shiva
• Harsha — joy, pleasure, happiness (also personified as a son of Dharma)
• Nitin — Meanings families give: One who follows the correct path, righteous person; Master of right path, leader
• Tushar — sg. and pl. frost, cold, snow, mist, dew, thin rain

Other names under Makar rashi

• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Jyoti — Meanings families give: Light, flame; Light, flame, radiance
• Jainam — Victorious
• Jyothi — Meanings families give: Light, flame, radiance; Light, flame, brightness
• Jishnu — Meanings families give: Victorious, triumphant; Triumphant, another name of Arjuna and Vishnu; Arjuna; one who is triumphant

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

Where this comes from

Keshav 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.