Neeraj
Neeraj means Lotus, born from water, pure.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | N |
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: Vrischik
- Nakshatra: Anuradha
- More names starting with N
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Lotus, born from water, pure”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Varun — Meanings families give: Lord of the water; God of water, the Vedic deity of oceans and rains; God of water, sea; Water god, ocean, rain
- Abhishek — anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water), inauguration of a king, royal unction
- Pavithra — Meanings families give: Pure, sacred, holy water; Holy, pure, sanctified; Holy, pure, sacred; Sacred, pure, holy
- Zeel — Meanings families give: Waterfall; cascading water; Name of a river, flowing; Flowing water; Waterfall, flowing water; Flow, waterfall, moving water
- Arnavi — Ocean, river, flowing water
- Sheetal — Meanings families give: Cool, calm, soothing like water; Cool, calm, soothing
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
- Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arnav — come from the sea
- Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
Other names under Vrischik rashi
- Neha — Meanings families give: Rain, love, affection; Love, affection, dew
- Neel — Meanings families give: Blue, sapphire; Blue, sapphire colored like the sky and ocean; Blue, sapphire; Lord Vishnu; Blue, like the sky
- Naman — Meanings families give: Salutation, bowing in reverence and respect; Salutation, bowing in respect; Salutation, bow
- Nikhil — n. complete, all
- Anusha — Star, following, after dawn
- Krisha — Meanings families give: Divine, enchanting; Feminine form of Krishna; divine
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrischik names.
Where this comes from
Neeraj 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.
