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Kantilal
कान्तिलालSay it KAAN-tee-laal
- Meaning today
- Lustrous, splendid
- Original meaning
- "kānti 'loveliness, splendour' + Hindi lāl 'darling, son'" Monier-Williams, p. 270
- Say it
- KAAN-tee-laal
- Written
- कान्तिलाल
- Other spellings
- Kantilaal
- First sound
- का · Mithun rashi
Kantilal
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Kantilal meaning
Kantilal (कान्तिलाल) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, का, it is a Mithun rashi name (Mrigashira nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Kānti 'loveliness, splendour' + Hindi lāl 'darling, son'
Also used to mean: lustrous, splendid
Kantilal (कान्तिलाल) is a Gujarati and Hindi name made of two parts. Kānti is Sanskrit for "loveliness, beauty, splendour" and also "brightness", especially of the moon. Lāl is the Hindi word for a darling or a little son, and Platts notes that it is used as a Hindu personal name; it ends many older names such as Motilal and Mohanlal. Name lists give Kantilal as "lustrous" or "splendid", which is the sense of kānti.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 270 · entry kānti · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, kānti, p. 270 · Platts, lāl, p. 946
Fits your syllable
First sound का
Mrigashira nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Kantilal · Kantilaal