Shakunthala

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Bird, nurtured by birds, classical”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Kuhu — Meanings families give: Singing of birds, cuckoo sound; Song of the cuckoo; sweet melodious bird
• Shakuntala — Meanings families give: Bird, born of birds, classical heroine; Bird, Shakuntala of Kalidasa
• Sahana — Meanings families give: Patience, raga name; Patient, enduring, tolerant; Patience, tolerance; a classical raga; Patience, endurance, musical raga
• Sohini — A classical raga; beautiful one
• Mallar — A classical raga for rain; bringer of rain

More girls' names of Kannada origin

• Mythri — Meanings families give: Friendship, benevolence; Friendship, friendly, benevolent
• Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
• Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling
• Malavika — N. of a woman (See next)
• Roopashree — Endowed with beauty, graceful one
• Prajwala — Blazing, glowing brightly

Where this comes from

Shakunthala 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.