Girl · Sanskrit · Hindu
Iksha
ईक्षाSay it EEK-shaa
- Meaning today
- Sight, vision
- Original meaning
- "sight, seeing; consideration" Monier-Williams, p. 170
- Say it
- EEK-shaa
- Written
- ईक्षा
- Other spellings
- Eeksha
- First sound
- ई · Vrishabh rashi
Iksha
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Iksha meaning
Iksha (ईक्षा) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, ई, it is a Vrishabh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Sight, seeing; consideration
Also used to mean: vision
Iksha (ईक्षा) is the Sanskrit īkṣā, from the root īkṣ, "to see, to look at". Monier-Williams gives it as sight or viewing, and also as considering or reflecting, citing the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and a work of Nyāya philosophy. The same root gives words such as parīkṣā, "examination", and pratīkṣā, "waiting". Name lists give Iksha as "sight" or "vision", which matches the dictionary. It is a short modern name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 170 · entry īkṣā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, īkṣā, p. 170
Fits your syllable
First sound ई
Krittika nakshatra, pada 2 · Vrishabh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Iksha · Eeksha