Soma

Classical Sanskrit origin

सोम (soma): the moon or moon-god (See above).

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.

In the epics

Soma appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a character: Invoked to arrange excellent food — bhakshya, bhojya, choshya and lehya.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

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: Kark
• Nakshatra: Pushya
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “the moon or moon-god (See above)”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Akash — Meanings families give: Sky, open space; Sky, atmosphere; boundless as the sky; Sky, vast expanse; Sky, atmosphere, the ether above; Sky, boundless heavens and expanse
• Aakash — Sky, infinite open space above
• Anish — Supreme, without a ruler above, absolute
• Udayagiri — the eastern mountain (See above)
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Soumya — Meanings families give: Mild, gentle, pleasing and of pleasant nature; Gentle, soft, moon-like, calm; Gentle, calm; moon-faced; graceful; Gentle, pleasing, soft, cool

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Bengali origin

• Aishani — Goddess Durga, belonging to the northeast direction
• Ahana — Inner light; one who cannot be destroyed
• Sweta — White, pure; fair-complexioned
• Dipti — brightness, light, splendour
• Sharmila — Protected, sheltered; modest woman
• Parna — a pinion, feather (also of an arrow)

Other names under Kark rashi

• Priya — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear; Beloved, dear one, darling; Beloved, dear one; Dear, beloved; one who is cherished; Beloved, dear one, cherished
• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Disha — Meanings families give: Direction, path, guiding light; Direction, guidance, aim; Direction, path
• Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion

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

Where this comes from

Soma'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.