Sanatan
Sanatan means Meanings families give: Eternal, ancient and timeless in sacred tradition; Eternal, ancient, timeless.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Odia |
| Language | Hindi / Odia |
| Starts with | S |
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: Dhanu
- Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha
- More names starting with S
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Eternal, ancient and timeless in sacred tradition; Eternal, ancient, timeless”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Akaldeep — Lamp of the timeless one, God's light
- Akaljot — Timeless light, eternal flame
- Reet — Meanings families give: Tradition, custom and sacred practice; Tradition, custom, flow; Tradition, culture, custom
- Reetinder — God of tradition, lord of customs
- Kaldhar — Bearer of arts, one who carries the tradition
- Fakir — Mystic, holy person; from Fakir Mohan Senapati tradition
More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Odia origin
- Baladev — Meanings families give: Mighty god, strong divine power, brother of Krishna; Lord Balabhadra, brother of Jagannath
- Pragyan — Meanings families give: Wisdom, superior intelligence and divine knowledge; Wisdom, knowledge
- Prabhat — daybreak, dawn, morning
- Abhimanyu — of a son of Arjuna (by Subhadrā)
- Birendra — Meanings families give: King of warriors, mighty and heroic ruler; Lord of warriors, brave king
- Tapan — Meanings families give: Sun, summer, the warm glowing light of the sun; Sun, one who heats
Other names under Dhanu rashi
- Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
- Shruti — Meanings families give: Heard, sacred scriptures, Vedas; That which is heard, the Vedas; Hearing, sacred scriptures
- Ayyappan — Meanings families give: Lord Ayyappa; Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
- Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
- Tanushree — Meanings families give: Beautiful body, graceful; One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
- Sowmya — Meanings families give: Gracious, calm, born of moonlight; Gentle, soft, pleasing; Gentle, calm, mild, Goddess Parvati; Gentle, soft, pleasing, calm
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Dhanu names.
Where this comes from
Sanatan 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.