Natraj

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: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Krittika
• More names starting with N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “King of dance, Shiva”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Mohini — Meanings families give: Enchantress, one who bewilders; Most beautiful, enchantress, Mohiniyattam dance
• Abinaya — Expression in dance
• Nataraj — King of dance, Shiva dancing
• Adalarasan — King of dance
• Parth — Meanings families give: Prince, Arjuna; Arjuna, prince; Son of Pritha, another name for Arjuna the great hero; Arjuna, son of Pritha, earthly; Son of Pritha; name of Arjuna; Arjuna, one who never misses the target; Arjuna, king, prince
• Riaan — Little king, kingly, noble

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Shiva — Auspicious, the destroyer
• Rama — pleasing, delighting, rejoicing
• Srikanth — ‘beautiful-throated’, a partic. bird
• Anirudh — Grandson of Krishna, unstoppable
• Goutham — Lord Buddha, remover of darkness

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
• Tara — n. a star
• Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Natraj 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.