Yajur

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: Tula
• Nakshatra: Vishakha
• More names starting with Y

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “The Yajur Veda, sacred knowledge of sacrifice”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Atharva — the Atharva-veda or the ritual of it
• Atharv — Meanings families give: Lord Ganesha, knowledge; The fourth Veda, knower of the Atharva Veda; Knowledge, first Veda
• Samhitha — Collection, joined together, Veda
• Vedangi — Part of the Vedas, limb of Veda
• Yagna — Meanings families give: Sacrifice, holy fire ritual; Holy fire, sacred offering
• Yajas — Fame through sacrifice, glorious

More boys' names of Vedic origin

• Ritwik — Priest, one who performs sacred Vedic rituals
• Vayu — the god of the wind
• Agni — the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid
• Brahma — The creator god, the first of the holy trinity

Other names under Tula rashi

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Rohan — a means of ascending
• Rudra — Meanings families give: Fierce, roarer (Lord Shiva); The roarer, fearsome form of Shiva, lord of storms; Fierce form of Shiva, the howler; Fierce form of Shiva; the howler; Lord Shiva, storm god; Fierce form of Shiva, storm; God of storm, fierce energy
• Riya — Meanings families give: Singer, graceful; Singer; graceful; goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, Goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, gem
• Ranveer — Meanings families give: Hero of the battlefield, brave warrior; Hero of the battlefield

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

Where this comes from

Yajur 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.