Yamuna
Yamuna means Sacred river Yamuna, twin.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | Y |
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: Makar
- Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha
- More names starting with Y
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Sacred river Yamuna, twin”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Kalindi — River Yamuna, daughter of the sun
- Asita — Dark, black, the river Yamuna
- Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
- Mithun — Meanings families give: Twin, a pair, the zodiac sign of Gemini; Union, pairing; the zodiac Gemini; Gemini, a pair, united; popular Kerala name
- Yami — N. of Yama's twin-sister (who is identified in Post-vedic mythology with the river-goddess Yamunā)
- Kusha — Sacred grass used in Vedic rituals; twin son of Rama and Sita
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Malayalam origin
Other names under Makar rashi
- Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
- Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
- Jyoti — Meanings families give: Light, flame; Light, flame, radiance
- Jainam — Victorious
- Jyothi — Meanings families give: Light, flame, radiance; Light, flame, brightness
- Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Makar names.
Where this comes from
Yamuna 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.