Monal
Monal means A bird; beautiful like a pheasant.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Gujarati |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Starts with | M |
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 “A bird; beautiful like a pheasant”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
- Srikanth — ‘beautiful-throated’, a partic. bird
- Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
- Saira — Princess, carefree, bird
- Kuhu — Meanings families give: Singing of birds, cuckoo sound; Song of the cuckoo; sweet melodious bird
- Rajib — Blue lotus; chakravaka bird
More girls' names of Gujarati origin
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
Monal 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.