Nirvana
Nirvana means Enlightenment, liberation.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | unisex |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| 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 “Enlightenment, liberation”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Ziya — Meanings families give: Light, enlightenment; Light, glow, splendour
- Nirvan — Meanings families give: Liberation, enlightenment; Liberation, bliss, ultimate freedom
- Bodhi — Awakening, enlightenment
- Moksha — Meanings families give: Salvation, liberation; Liberation, salvation, freedom from cycle
- Moksh — Liberation, freedom, salvation
- Kevalbhai — Pure soul; Jain ideal of liberation
More unisex names of Sanskrit origin
- Sai — Divine, saintly
- Ishan — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva, northeast direction, one who desires; Sun, Shiva, north-east
- Aadi — Beginning, the first
- Arsh — Sky, throne of God
- Raahi — Meanings families give: Traveller, one on a journey; Traveller, wanderer, free spirit
- Ananda — happiness, joy, enjoyment, sensual pleasure
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
Nirvana 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.