Kumaraswamy

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: Krittika
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Young divine lord, Murugan; Young lord, Murugan the divine youth”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Murugan — Meanings families give: Lord Murugan, youth; Tamil god of war, the beautiful one; Young, divine war god of Tamils
• Yuvaan — Young, healthy, vibrant youth
• Yuvinder — Lord of youth, god of young ones
• Kumaresan — Lord Murugan, king of youth
• Jino — Modern Kerala name, victorious youth
• Sanatkumara — Eternal youth

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

Kumaraswamy 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.