Keval
Keval means alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Jain |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Starts with | K |
Classical Sanskrit origin
केवल (kevala): alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
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: Kark
- Nakshatra: Pushya
- More names starting with K
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Ekanta — a lonely or retired or secret place, ( ind. in a lonely or solitary place, alone, apart, privately)
- Advait — sole
- Raj — (nom. ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.)
- Phani — a serpent (only gen. pl. )
- Ekant — directed towards or devoted to only one object or person
- Aneri — Unlike others, unique
More boys' names of Jain origin
Other names under Kark rashi
- Priya — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear; Beloved, dear one, darling; Beloved, dear one; Dear, beloved; one who is cherished; Beloved, dear one, cherished
- Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
- Disha — Meanings families give: Direction, path, guiding light; Direction, guidance, aim; Direction, path
- Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
- Khushi — Happiness, joy
- Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kark names.
Where this comes from
Keval's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.