Laxman

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: Simha
• Nakshatra: Purva Phalguni
• More names starting with L

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Brother of Rama, one with auspicious marks on the body; Younger brother of Rama; Younger brother of Rama, fortunate”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Devank — Marks of God
• Lakshman — endowed with auspicious signs or marks, lucky, fortunate
• Anuja — a younger sister
• Upendra — Meanings families give: Younger brother of Indra, a name for Lord Vishnu; Younger brother of Indra, Vamana avatar
• Aniyan — Younger brother, beloved younger one
• Anuj — born after, later, younger

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Atharva — the Atharva-veda or the ritual of it
• Pranav — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om; The sacred syllable Om, the cosmic sound of creation; Sacred Om syllable; Sacred syllable Om, life force; Sacred syllable Om, holy sound
• Madhav — Meanings families give: Sweet one, born in spring, a name of Lord Krishna; Born in spring, Krishna; Lord Krishna, sweet as honey
• Shreyas — more splendid or beautiful, more excellent or distinguished, superior, preferable, better, better than (with abl. or with See below)
• Rajiv — a blue lotus-flower
• Satish — Meanings families give: Lord of truth, master of righteousness and justice; Lord of goodness, truth; Lord of truth, ruler of hundred

Other names under Simha rashi

• Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Surya — the wife of the god
• Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
• Harshil — Joyful, happy
• Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.

Where this comes from

Laxman 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.