Kuhu

In the epics

Kuhu appears in the Mahābhārata as a deity: Eighth daughter of Angiras.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Singing of birds, cuckoo sound; Song of the cuckoo; sweet melodious bird”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Jaskaran — Singing God's praises, praiser of the Lord
• Kirtan — Devotional song; singing praises of God
• Baulee — Baul follower; one of the mystic singing tradition
• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Shakuntala — Meanings families give: Bird, born of birds, classical heroine; Bird, Shakuntala of Kalidasa
• Shakunthala — Bird, nurtured by birds, classical

More girls' names of Bengali / Sanskrit origin

• Meghna — Meanings families give: River, clouds, rain bearer; The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
• Sahana — Meanings families give: Patience, raga name; Patient, enduring, tolerant; Patience, tolerance; a classical raga; Patience, endurance, musical raga
• Debika — Meanings families give: Little goddess; Little goddess; divine feminine form
• Nilanjana — Meanings families give: Blue-eyed, dark eyes like a doe; Blue-eyed; one with blue-tinted eyes
• Trishna — thirst, i
• Kasturi — Meanings families give: Musk deer fragrance, perfume; Musk deer; precious fragrant substance

Where this comes from

Kuhu 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.