Sneha

Classical Sanskrit origin

स्नेह (sneha): blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (loc. gen., or comp.), friendship with ().

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: Kumbh
• Nakshatra: Shatabhisha
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (loc. gen., or comp.), friendship with ()”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Liyana — Softness, tenderness
• Preet — Meanings families give: Love, affection; Love, affection, fondness
• Bhakti — attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to (with loc., gen. or ifc.), trust, homage, worship, piety, faith or love or devotion
• Mamata — Meanings families give: Affection, maternal love; Affection, motherly love; attachment
• Anurag — attachment, affection, love, passion
• Maitri — Friendship, goodwill, benevolence

Other names under Kumbh rashi

• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Shreya — Meanings families give: Auspicious, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, excellent; Auspicious, best; one who brings good fortune; Auspicious, better, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, prosperity; Beautiful, auspicious, fortunate
• Siya — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Goddess Sita, white; Goddess Sita, pure white
• Shiv — n. auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear ( ind. kindly, tenderly)
• Shivansh — Meanings families give: Part of Lord Shiva; Part of Shiva, a divine fragment of the cosmic lord
• Siddharth — Meanings families give: One who has attained; One who has accomplished his goals, Gautam Buddha; One who has attained his goals, Buddha; One who has attained his goals; One who has attained his goal; One who has attained goals; the Buddha

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

Where this comes from

Sneha'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.