Boy · Sanskrit (Gujarati usage) · Hindu
Kirtan
कीर्तनSay it KEER-tun
- Meaning today
- Devotional song, praise
- Original meaning
- "praising, celebrating; singing aloud; mention; fame" Platts, p. 888
- Say it
- KEER-tun
- Written
- कीर्तन
- Other spellings
- Keertan
- First sound
- की · Mithun rashi
Kirtan
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Kirtan meaning
Kirtan (कीर्तन) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (Gujarati usage). By its first sound, की, it is a Mithun rashi name (Mrigashira nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Praising, celebrating; singing aloud; mention; fame
Also used to mean: devotional song, praise
Kirtan (कीर्तन) is the name of the devotional singing heard in temples and homes across India, where verses in praise of God are sung together, often in call and response. The word comes from Sanskrit kīrtana, which Monier-Williams gives as mentioning, telling or recounting. Platts records the Hindi kīrtan with the wider senses of singing aloud, celebrating, praising and fame. Name lists give "devotional song" or "praise", which fits those senses. As a boys' name it is used chiefly in Gujarati families; the girls' name Kirtana comes from the same root.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 888 · entry kīrtan · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, kīrtan, p. 888 · Monier-Williams, kīrtana, p. 285
Fits your syllable
First sound की
Mrigashira nakshatra, pada 4 · Mithun rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Kirtan · Keertan