Shekhar

Classical Sanskrit origin

शेखर (śekhara): a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain).

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Punarvasu
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain)”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Sekhar — a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain)
• Aadit — Peak, sun god
• Zenith — Highest point, peak, pinnacle
• Kedar — Meanings families give: Lord of the field, sacred peak where Shiva dwells; Lord Shiva at Kedarnath, field
• Indrashekhar — Indra as the crown, peak among all divine beings
• Agastya — Name of a sage, mountain thrower

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Kannada origin

• Prashanth — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Calm, serene and peaceful in mind and spirit; Very calm, peaceful, serene
• Abhijit — Meanings families give: Victorious one, conqueror of all challenges; Victorious, conqueror
• Vasuki — Meanings families give: King of serpents, Naga king; Sacred serpent of Shiva, king of snakes
• Nagesh — Meanings families give: Lord of serpents, another name for Lord Shiva; Lord of serpents, Shiva
• Yatish — Meanings families give: Lord of devotees, master of all who practice yoga; Ascetic, devotee, self-controlled
• Mrityunjay — Meanings families give: Conqueror of death, one who has overcome mortality; Conqueror of death, Shiva

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

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

Where this comes from

Shekhar's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.