Kusuma

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: Mrigashira
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Flower, blossom, in full bloom; Flower, blossom, bloom; Flower, blossom”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Zariya — Rose, flower, beautiful bloom
• Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
• Pushpa — Meanings families give: Flower, blossom, offering; Flower, bloom, blossom; Flower, blossom
• Kurinjimalar — Hill flower, Kurinji bloom
• Manjari — Meanings families give: Flower cluster, the mango blossom; Cluster of blossoms, spring shoot
• Malar — Meanings families give: Flower; Flower, blossom

More girls' names of Kannada / Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Pallavi — Meanings families give: New leaves, bud; New leaves, tender green shoots; New leaves, young sprouts; New leaves, fresh sprouting
• Chaitra — Meanings families give: First month of Hindu calendar; First month of Hindu calendar, spring
• Bharathi — Meanings families give: Goddess Saraswati, India personified; Goddess Saraswati, India, eloquent; India, Goddess Saraswati, blessed
• Triveni — Meanings families give: Junction of three sacred rivers; Three sacred rivers confluence

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

Kusuma 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.