"Radiant beauty"
Nakshatra
Swati nakshatra names
स्वाति. Starting sounds: pada 1 रू (Ru) · pada 2 रे (Re) · pada 3 रो (Ro) · pada 4 ता (Ta). Rashi: Tula.
98 names in our list fit these sounds. Confirm the pada and syllable with your priest. How syllables are chosen
रू Ru
"Spiritual"
"Spiritual, soulful"; from Arabic rūḥ, "soul, spirit"
"Form, beauty"
"Form, figure"; also a metaphor and a drama
Modern name; popularly "silver" or "beautiful"
"Beautiful", from Sanskrit rūpa, "beauty, form"
Beauty, form; Sanskrit rūpa
"Jewel of beauty"; Sanskrit rūpa + maṇi
Lord of beauty; Sanskrit rūpa + īśa
"Beautiful" in popular use; also a river in Bangladesh
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
"Light, lustre" and "liking, taste"
"Shining, beautiful", from Sanskrit ruci, "lustre"
Radiant, beautiful; Sanskrit rucira
"Radiant, beautiful"
Bright, pleasing; Sanskrit rucita
"Bright, pleasant"
"Roarer", the Vedic storm god; a name of Shiva
Eye of Rudra; the sacred rudraksha bead
"Eyes of Shiva", from Sanskrit rudrākṣa, "Rudra-eyed"
"Wife of Rudra", a name of the goddess Durga
"Blue Rudra" in popular use; Rudra + nīla
"Part of Rudra", that is, of Shiva
Lord of the Rudras, a name for Shiva
"Adorned with gold"; the name of Krishna's chief queen
"The wife of Sugriva" in the Ramayana
"Charming" in popular use; a modern name
रे Re
"A line", also an outline or sketch
"Pollen, a grain of dust"
Wife of Jamadagni and mother of Parashurama
"Silken", from Persian resham, "silk"
"Silken"
"The Narmada river"
"A son of the Sun", lord of the Guhyakas
The nakshatra Revati; wife of Balarama
"Ray of light" in popular use; no dictionary source found
रो Ro
"Bright, radiant"; also "a red lotus"
"Ascending, rising"
Rising, ascending; Sanskrit rohin
The lunar asterism Rohini; Sanskrit rohiṇī, "the red one"
"First rays of the sun" in popular use; Sanskrit rohita, "red"
"Song, joy" in popular use; origin uncertain
Bright, shining; Persian roshan
"Light, brightness"
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
Splendour, brightness; Persian raunaq
ता Ta
"Daughter" in popular use; a Russian pet form of Tatiana
"Female ascetic"; Sanskrit tāpasī
"Warming"; daughter of the Sun and the Tapti river
"A star"
"Star and moon"; Hindi from Sanskrit tārā + candra
"Saviour, one who carries across"; also "a star"
Shiva as "lord who carries across"; popularly "lord of the stars"
Queen of the truthful King Harishchandra; from Sanskrit tārā, "star"
"Lord of the stars", the moon; Sanskrit tārā + nātha
"Star"; Sanskrit tārikā
"She who carries across", a saviour; a form of Durga
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
Takṣa, son of Bharata in the Ramayana; also "carpenter"
Carpenter, craftsman; also the Naga king Takṣaka of the Mahabharata
The dark tamala tree, linked with Krishna; Sanskrit tamāla
"Wish, desire"; Persian tamannā
"Son"; Sanskrit tanaya
"Daughter"; Sanskrit tanayā
"Cord, rope"; Sanskrit tanikā
"Graceful slenderness, delicacy"; Bengali tanimā
A modern name, usually given as "ambition" or "jewel"
Modern name; popularly "ambition", with no dictionary source
A modern name, often glossed "goddess of gold"; origin uncertain
"Jewel" in popular use; a modern name linked to niṣka, "gold ornament"
"Absorbed in that", wholly engrossed
"Wholly absorbed", one with what she loves
"Son", literally "born of the body"; Sanskrit tanuja
"Daughter"; Sanskrit tanujā, born of one's own body
"Lord Ganesha" in popular use; a modern name from tanu, "body"
A modern name, glossed "sweet" or "slender"; origin uncertain
"Beautiful"; Sanskrit tanu, "body", + śrī, "beauty"
"A slender, delicate woman"
"King" or "wise" in popular use; a modern name
"Slender, delicate"; a modern form of Sanskrit tanvī
"The sun", "warming"; Sanskrit tapana
"Penance", "inner heat"; Sanskrit tapas
"Ascetic", one who practises tapas; Sanskrit tapasvin
"Woman devoted to austerity"; Sanskrit tapasvinī
"Penance, austerity"; Sanskrit tapasyā
"Raft" or "heaven"; Sanskrit taraṇa, "crossing over"
"Song, melody"; Persian tarāna
"Wave"; Sanskrit taraṃga
"River"; Sanskrit taraṃgiṇī, full of waves
"Sparkling"; Sanskrit tarala, and taralā, "a bee"
"A creeper"; Sanskrit taru, tree, and latā, creeper
"Young"
"Young woman"; Sanskrit taruṇī
"Conqueror"; Vedic Sanskrit taruṣa
"Victory"; Sanskrit taruṣī
The Buddha, "one who has thus come"; Sanskrit tathāgata
"Truth", "that which is really so"; Sanskrit tathya
"Truth", "essence"; Sanskrit tattva
"Heaven", "strong, courageous"; Sanskrit taviṣa
"Strength, courage"; Sanskrit taviṣī