Madhav

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: Punarvasu
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Sweet one, born in spring, a name of Lord Krishna; Born in spring, Krishna; Lord Krishna, sweet as honey”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Madhusmita — Meanings families give: Sweet smile, one with honey smile; Sweet smile, honeyed smile
• Madhavi — Meanings families give: Sweet as honey, spring season; Spring season, sweet like honey; A creeper, spring season, honey
• Madhukar — ‘honey-maker’, a bee
• Madhumathi — Sweet-minded, honey moon
• Ruturaj — King of seasons, spring
• Chaitra — Meanings families give: First month of Hindu calendar; First month of Hindu calendar, spring

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
• 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
• Subhash — Meanings families give: One who speaks sweetly and eloquently; Speaking well, eloquent; Of good speech, eloquent

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

Madhav 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.