Shailaja
Shailaja means Meanings families give: Daughter of mountain, Parvati; Daughter of the mountain, Parvati.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Telugu |
| Language | Kannada / Telugu |
| 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: Mula
- More names starting with S
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Daughter of mountain, Parvati; Daughter of the mountain, Parvati”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Agastya — Name of a sage, mountain thrower
- Parvathy — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati; Daughter of the mountain, Shiva consort; Goddess Parvati, daughter of Himavan
- Parvati — Meanings families give: Daughter of the mountain, Shiva consort; Daughter of mountain, goddess Shakti
- Mainak — Meanings families give: A mountain; Mountain; son of Himavan and Menaka
- Niladri — the mountain
- Girish — Meanings families give: Lord of mountains, Shiva who dwells on Kailash; Lord of mountains, Shiva; Lord of the mountains, Shiva; Lord of mountains, Lord Shiva; Lord of the mountain, Shiva
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Kannada / Sanskrit-Telugu origin
- Shravani — Meanings families give: Holy month Shravan, listener; Born in Shravan month, moonlit
- Parvathi — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, daughter of Parvat; Daughter of mountains, goddess Parvati
- Vishalakshi — Meanings families give: Broad-eyed goddess, Parvati; Large-eyed goddess, Parvati
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
Shailaja 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.