Nilanjana

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 “Meanings families give: Blue-eyed, dark eyes like a doe; Blue-eyed; one with blue-tinted eyes”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Sonakshi — Golden-eyed, daughter of Salman
• Meenakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed Goddess, Goddess Parvati; Fish-eyed goddess, form of Parvati; Fish-eyed, Goddess Parvati
• Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi
• Trihaan — Lord Shiva, three-eyed god
• Visalakshi — Large-eyed, Goddess with wide eyes
• Sunetra — Beautiful-eyed, lovely eyes

More girls' names of Bengali / Sanskrit origin

• Meghna — Meanings families give: River, clouds, rain bearer; The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
• Sahana — Meanings families give: Patience, raga name; Patient, enduring, tolerant; Patience, tolerance; a classical raga; Patience, endurance, musical raga
• Debika — Meanings families give: Little goddess; Little goddess; divine feminine form
• Kuhu — Meanings families give: Singing of birds, cuckoo sound; Song of the cuckoo; sweet melodious bird
• Trishna — thirst, i
• Kasturi — Meanings families give: Musk deer fragrance, perfume; Musk deer; precious fragrant substance

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

Nilanjana 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.