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Akanksha
आकांक्षाSay it aa-KAANK-shaa
- Meaning today
- Wish, ambition, aspiration
- Original meaning
- "desire, wish" Monier-Williams, p. 126
- Say it
- aa-KAANK-shaa
- Written
- आकांक्षा
- Other spellings
- Aakanksha, Akansha, Aakansha
Akanksha
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Akanksha meaning
Akanksha (आकांक्षा) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Desire, wish
Also used to mean: ambition, aspiration
Akanksha (आकांक्षा) is the Sanskrit noun ākāṅkṣā, which Monier-Williams defines simply as desire or wish. It comes from the root kāṅkṣ, "to long for", with the prefix ā-. Sanskrit grammarians used the same word for the way a sentence "wants" a missing word before its sense is complete. In modern Hindi, ākāṅkṣā is the usual word for an aspiration or ambition, and that is how name lists present it: wish, hope, ambition. The name is used across India and is spelled several ways, including Aakanksha and Akansha.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 126 · entry ākāṅkṣā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, ākāṅkṣā, p. 126
Fits your syllable
First sound आ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is अ, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Akanksha · Aakanksha · Akansha · Aakansha