Mrinal
Mrinal means Lotus stem; born of the lotus.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Bengali |
| Language | Bengali |
| 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: Purva Phalguni
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Lotus stem; born of the lotus”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Mrunali — Lotus stem
- Mrunalini — Lotus stem, lotus cluster
- Neeraj — Lotus, born from water, pure
- Aravind — Meanings families give: Lotus; Lotus flower
- Padma — Meanings families give: Lotus flower, Goddess Lakshmi; Lotus; Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus
- Charan — Meanings families give: Feet, one who moves; Lotus feet, one who seeks refuge; Feet of God, sacred touch of the divine
More boys' names of Sanskrit-Bengali 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
Mrinal 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.