Omkar
Omkar means Meanings families give: Sacred syllable; Sacred sound; The sound of Om, the sacred primordial vibration; Symbol of the Absolute, the sacred cosmic sound; The sound of Om, Shiva; Sacred syllable Om, form of Lord Ganesh; Sacred Om sound, beginning of all; The sacred syllable Om, divine sound; Sacred syllable Om.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Punjabi / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Hindi / Konkani / Marathi / Punjabi / Telugu |
| Starts with | O |
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: Rohini
- More names starting with O
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Sacred syllable; Sacred sound; The sound of Om, the sacred primordial vibration; Symbol of the Absolute, the sacred cosmic sound; The sound of Om, Shiva; Sacred syllable Om, form of Lord Ganesh; Sacred Om sound, beginning of all; The sacred syllable Om, divine sound; Sacred syllable Om”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Punjabi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin
- Manohar — Meanings families give: Captivating the mind, one who steals the heart; One who steals the mind, beautiful; One who enchants the mind, beautiful; Captivating the heart, charming and delightful
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
Omkar 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.