Boy · Sanskrit · Hindu
Deepan
दीपनSay it DEE-pun
- Meaning today
- Lighting up, light, lamp
- Original meaning
- "kindling, lighting, setting on fire" Monier-Williams, p. 481
- Say it
- DEE-pun
- Written
- दीपन
- Other spellings
- Dipan
- First sound
- दी · Meen rashi
Deepan
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Deepan meaning
Deepan (दीपन) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, दी, it is a Meen rashi name (Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Kindling, lighting, setting on fire
Also used to mean: lighting up, lamp
Deepan (दीपन) is the Sanskrit dīpana, from the root dīp, "to blaze, to shine", the same root as dīpa, "lamp". Monier-Williams gives it as kindling or setting alight, and, in medicine, as something that stimulates the digestion, the body's inner fire. Indian name lists give Deepan as "lighting up", "light" or "lamp", which keeps to the first sense. The name is used across India, including Tamil Nadu, and it belongs with Deepak, Deepesh and Deepankar in the family of names about light.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 481 · entry dīpana · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, dīpana, p. 481 · Monier-Williams, dīpa, p. 481
Fits your syllable
First sound दी
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra, pada 4 · Meen rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Deepan · Dipan