Ketaki

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: Punarvasu
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: A fragrant flower; A fragrant flower, Pandanus; Screw pine flower, yellow flower”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Hari — yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour)
• Basanti — Goddess of spring, yellow color
• Shenbagam — Golden-yellow flower
• Myra — Meanings families give: Beloved, admirable; Sweet, fragrant; Sweet, admirable, beloved
• Rehan — Meanings families give: Sweet basil, fragrant; Fragrant herb, sweet basil
• Yasmin — Jasmine flower, fragrant

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Madhusmita — Meanings families give: Sweet smile, one with honey smile; Sweet smile, honeyed smile
• Manasi — Meanings families give: Of the mind, intelligent; Born of the mind, intellectual
• Gita — a song, sacred song or poem, religious doctrines declared in metrical form by an inspired sage
• Smruti — Memory, remembrance
• Gitanjali — Meanings families give: Offering of songs, garland of hymns; Offering of songs, devotional songs
• Maheswari — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, wife of Mahesh; Goddess Parvati, great goddess

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

Ketaki 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.