Pavithra

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: Kanya
• Nakshatra: Hasta
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Pure, sacred, holy water; Holy, pure, sanctified; Holy, pure, sacred; Sacred, pure, holy”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Pavit — Pure, sacred and sanctified by divine grace
• 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
• Neeraj — Lotus, born from water, pure
• 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

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Bhavana — Meanings families give: Feelings, emotions; Feeling, sentiment, meditation; Feeling, emotion, imagination; Feeling, emotion, devotion; Feelings, emotions, devotion
• Vimala — Meanings families give: Pure, spotless, clean; Pure, clean, spotless

Other names under Kanya rashi

• Dhruv — Meanings families give: Pole star, constant; Pole star, fixed, immovable; Pole star, fixed and unwavering
• 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
• Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent
• Priyanka — Meanings families give: Lovable, beautiful; Favourite, dear one, lovable; Lovable, dear one; Lovable, dear, beautiful; Lovable, dear one, winning heart; Loveable, charming, dear; Lovable, dear; Lovable, dear, beloved
• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Pooja — Meanings families give: Prayer, worship, adoration; Worship, prayer; Worship, prayer, reverence; Worship, prayer, adoration

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

Where this comes from

Pavithra 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.