Manthra

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: Uttara Phalguni
• More names starting with M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Sacred chant, mantra, blessed prayer”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Soham — Meanings families give: I am He (divine); I am that, the sacred mantra of self-realization
• Pooja — Meanings families give: Prayer, worship, adoration; Worship, prayer; Worship, prayer, reverence; Worship, prayer, adoration
• Sana — Meanings families give: Brilliance, radiance; Brilliance, radiance, prayer
• Athira — Meanings families give: Quick, prayer; Quick, fast, swift like lightning
• Azaan — Call to prayer, announcement
• Archana — Meanings families give: Worship, one who worships the divine; Worship, prayer, homage; Worship, offering, prayer; Worshipping, offering of prayers; Worship, offering prayers

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

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

Manthra 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.