Rajesh

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: Tula
• Nakshatra: Vishakha
• More names starting with R

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: King of kings, lord of kings and supreme sovereign; King of kings; King of kings, ruler; King of kings; ruler”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Raj — (nom. ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.)
• Balraj — Meanings families give: Strong king, powerful ruler and mighty sovereign; King of strength, powerful ruler
• Devraj — Meanings families give: King of the gods, Indra, sovereign of heavens; King of gods, Lord Indra; King of the gods, Indra
• Rajendra — Meanings families give: King of kings, the supreme ruler and sovereign lord; King of kings; King of kings, great ruler
• Yograj — King of yoga, sovereign of spiritual discipline
• Pramila — N. of a woman (sovereign of a kingdom of women)

Other names under Tula rashi

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Rohan — a means of ascending
• Rudra — Meanings families give: Fierce, roarer (Lord Shiva); The roarer, fearsome form of Shiva, lord of storms; Fierce form of Shiva, the howler; Fierce form of Shiva; the howler; Lord Shiva, storm god; Fierce form of Shiva, storm; God of storm, fierce energy
• Riya — Meanings families give: Singer, graceful; Singer; graceful; goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, Goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, gem
• Ranveer — Meanings families give: Hero of the battlefield, brave warrior; Hero of the battlefield

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

Where this comes from

Rajesh 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.