Pranav

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: Sacred syllable Om; The sacred syllable Om, the cosmic sound of creation; Sacred Om syllable; Sacred syllable Om, life force; Sacred syllable Om, holy sound”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Chaitanya — Meanings families give: Consciousness, life force; Consciousness, divine energy and spiritual vitality; Consciousness, awareness, spirited
• Jeevan — Life, living and the vital force
• Omkar — 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
• Pranavi — Sacred syllable Om, divine
• Onkar — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om, the supreme being; God is one, the singular divine sound
• Pranavansh — Born of Om, a divine fragment of the sacred syllable

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Atharva — the Atharva-veda or the ritual of it
• Madhav — Meanings families give: Sweet one, born in spring, a name of Lord Krishna; Born in spring, Krishna; Lord Krishna, sweet as honey
• Shreyas — more splendid or beautiful, more excellent or distinguished, superior, preferable, better, better than (with abl. or with See below)
• Rajiv — a blue lotus-flower
• Satish — Meanings families give: Lord of truth, master of righteousness and justice; Lord of goodness, truth; Lord of truth, ruler of hundred
• Subhash — Meanings families give: One who speaks sweetly and eloquently; Speaking well, eloquent; Of good speech, eloquent

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

Pranav 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.