"Pure, holy; purifying"
Rashi
Kanya rashi baby names
Kanya rashi (कन्या, Virgo) covers 9 starting sounds in the North Indian table, from the padas of Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra. Pick the sound for your baby's nakshatra and pada, then a name.
102 names in our list fit these sounds. Tables vary by region and family, so confirm the syllable with your priest. How syllables are chosen
पा Pa
Uttara Phalguni, pada 3
"Pure, holy"; also a name of the Ganga
"Petal of a flower"; Assamese pāhi
"Bird"
"Princess of Panchala", a name of Draupadi
Name of Lord Vitthal; Sanskrit pāṇḍu + raṅga, "white-hued"
"A songbird", the hawk-cuckoo
"Perfection"; literally "gone to the further shore"
Touchstone, the philosopher's stone; Hindi pāras, from Sanskrit sparśa, "touch"
"The coral tree of paradise"; in Hindi, night-flowering jasmine
Parshvanatha, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara
"Son of Pritha", a name of Arjuna
"Like Arjuna"; Sanskrit Pārtha + -pratima
"Earth-born", a name of Sita
"King", "lord of the earth"; literally "earthly"
"Graceful" in popular use; Bengali pārul, a trumpet-flower
"Daughter of the mountain"; Sanskrit pārvatī, "of the mountains"
"Fire, purifier"; Sanskrit pāvaka
An anklet
"Anklet"
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
"Lotus"; also a name of the goddess Lakshmi
"Lotus-born"
A pool full of lotuses; Sanskrit padmākara
"Lotus-navelled", a name of Vishnu; Sanskrit padmanābha
"Lover of lotuses" in popular use; a name of goddess Manasa
"Full of lotuses"; a name of the goddess Lakshmi
"Lotus"; literally a lotus plant or a lotus pond
"Eyelid" or "eyelash"; also "a moment"
The flame-of-the-forest tree; Sanskrit palāśa
"New shoot, sprout"; Sanskrit pallava
Young shoots, new leaves; the opening of a song
Name of a sacred lake and river of the Ramayana
"The fifth", the fifth day of the lunar fortnight
Lord of Pandharpur, a name of Vitthal
"Lotus"
"Lotus", literally "born of mud"
"Petal"
"A row" or "line"; also a Vedic metre
"Emerald"
"Pollen"; Sanskrit parāga
"Supreme, highest"; Sanskrit parama
"Supreme bliss"; Sanskrit paramānanda
Supreme lord; Sanskrit parameśa
"Supreme lord", God; Sanskrit parameśvara
"Supreme goddess", a name of Durga
"Supreme hero"; Sanskrit parama + vīra
"Rama with the axe", the sixth avatar of Vishnu
"The highest lord"; Sanskrit pareśa
"Fairy"
"Circle" or "boundary"; also a halo and the horizon
"Tested" in popular use; King Parikshit, grandson of Arjuna
"Fragrance"; Sanskrit parimala
"Fragrance"
A modern name, often given as "melody" or "complete"
"Married"; also "completed, fulfilled"
A modern name, usually given as "like a fairy"
"Satisfaction, contentment"; Sanskrit paritoṣa
"Singing bird" in popular use; Sanskrit parṇavī, "wing-borne"
"Small leaf" in popular use; Sanskrit parṇikā, an Apsaras' name
"Festival"; Sanskrit parvan
"Full moon" in popular use; Sanskrit parvaṇī, a change of the moon
"Lord of all creatures", a name of Shiva; Sanskrit paśupati
"Traveller"
Wind, breeze; Sanskrit pavana, "purifier"
"Pure, holy"
पी Pi
Uttara Phalguni, pada 4
"Sweet sound" in popular use; no dictionary source found
"One dressed in yellow", a name of Krishna
"Nectar", the drink of immortality
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
पू Pu
Hasta, pada 1
"Worship" or "prayer"; Sanskrit pūjā, "honour, worship, reverence"
Full moon
"Full, complete"
"Worship, reverence"; Sanskrit pūjana
Worshipped, honoured; Sanskrit pūjita
Complete, full; Hindi form of Sanskrit pūrṇa
"The full moon"
"Full-moon night"
"East" or "first"; Sanskrit pūrvā, "the east"
"Rising in the east" in popular use; Sanskrit pūrva + aṃśa
Lord of the east; Sanskrit pūrva + īśa
"Eastern"; also an evening rāga
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
"Thrill of joy, delight"; Sanskrit pulaka
"Thrilled with joy"; Sanskrit pulakita
"White lotus"; Sanskrit puṇḍarīka
"Pure, holy"; Sanskrit punīta, "purified"
"Purified, pure"
"Virtuous, pure"; also "merit"
"Best among men", a name of Vishnu; Sanskrit puruṣottama
"Lotus, sacred lake"; Sanskrit puṣkara
"King of lotuses" in popular use; Marathi puṣkarāja, "topaz"
"Flower"
Kubera's flying chariot; Sanskrit puṣpaka, from puṣpa, "flower"
"A flowering creeper"
"An offering of flowers" held in cupped hands
"Lord of flowers"; Sanskrit puṣpa + indra
"King of flowers"; Sanskrit puṣparāja, topaz
"Nourishment, thriving"; in Pushtimarg, "divine grace"
ष Sha
Hasta, pada 2
"Six-faced", a name of Kartikeya
पो Po
Chitra, pada 2
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
Sounds with no names yet
टो To (Uttara Phalguni 2) · ण Na (Hasta 3) · ठ Tha (Hasta 4) · पे Pe (Chitra 1)
Few or no given names start with these sounds. We add checked names every month.