Girl, Akshay is the usual boys' form. · Sanskrit · Hindu
Akshaya
अक्षयाSay it uk-SHUH-yaa
- Meaning today
- Eternal, imperishable
- Original meaning
- "undecaying, imperishable" Monier-Williams, p. 3
- Say it
- uk-SHUH-yaa
- Written
- अक्षया
- Other spellings
- Akshayaa, Akshya
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Akshaya
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Akshaya meaning
Akshaya (अक्षया) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Undecaying, imperishable
Also used to mean: eternal
Akshaya (अक्षया) comes from Sanskrit akṣaya, which Monier-Williams defines as exempt from decay, undecaying. It joins a-, "not", to kṣaya, "decay" or "loss". The word is familiar from Akshaya Tritiya, a spring festival day, and from the akṣaya-pātra, the vessel that never runs empty in the Mahābhārata. Name lists give "eternal" or "imperishable", which matches the dictionary. In South India Akshaya is a girls' name, while in the north the shorter Akshay is a boys' name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 3 · entry akṣaya · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, akṣaya, p. 3
Fits your syllable
First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Akshaya · Akshayaa · Akshya