Leela
Leela means Meanings families give: Divine play, the cosmic play of gods; Divine play, cosmic drama; Divine play, cosmic game of God.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu / Tamil |
| Language | Hindi / Tamil / Telugu |
| Starts with | L |
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: Mesh
- Nakshatra: Ashwini
- More names starting with L
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Divine play, the cosmic play of gods; Divine play, cosmic drama; Divine play, cosmic game of God”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Leelabai — Divine play lady, playful goddess
- Leeladharbai — Lady of divine play, cosmic woman
- Liladhar — One who performs divine play, Lord Vishnu
- Shivansh — Meanings families give: Part of Lord Shiva; Part of Shiva, a divine fragment of the cosmic lord
- 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
- Omkar — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable; Sacred sound; The sound of Om, the sacred primordial vibration; Symbol of the Absolute, the sacred cosmic sound; The sound of Om, Shiva; Sacred syllable Om, form of Lord Ganesh; Sacred Om sound, beginning of all; The sacred syllable Om, divine sound; Sacred syllable Om
More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Telugu / Tamil origin
- Chandralekha — = -, a digit of the moon
Other names under Mesh rashi
- Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
- Aradhya — Worthy of worship
- Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
- Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.
Where this comes from
Leela 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.
