Ratan

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: Swati
• More names starting with R

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Jewel, precious gem, priceless treasure of the earth; Jewel, gem; precious one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Anmol — Priceless, invaluable gem
• Amol — Meanings families give: Priceless, invaluable treasure beyond measure; Priceless, invaluable
• Amulya — invaluable, priceless
• Antony — Priceless, praiseworthy, Kerala Catholic name
• Anmolpreet — Priceless love, invaluable affection
• Anthoni — Priceless, praiseworthy

More boys' names of Bengali / Sanskrit origin

• Sayan — Meanings families give: Evening; the beautiful twilight hour; Evening, beloved
• Aritra — Meanings families give: Navigator, guide; One who shows the path, navigator
• Rituraj — ‘the king of the seasons’, the spring
• Mrinmoy — Meanings families give: Made of earth; Made of clay; earthen; humble
• Sujan — a good or virtuous or kind or benevolent person (man or woman; often confounded with -)

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

Ratan 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.