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Names starting with D (द): 10 names from the scriptures

7 for boys and 3 for girls. With each name: its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable.

In short

Here are 10 names starting with D (द): 7 for boys and 3 for girls. Each comes from the Vishnu Sahasranama, Lalita Sahasranama, Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata) and was checked in two separate editions; with each name are its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable by the Avakahada chakra (Aquarius (Kumbha), Pisces (Meena)).

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Boys’ names starting with D (द) (7)

  • दक्ष

    DakshBoy

    Skilful: who does all things deftly

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 423
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दा → Purva Bhadrapada pada 3 → Aquarius (Kumbha)

  • दामोदर

    DamodarBoy

    Known by a mind made pure through self-control (dama); or whose waist Yashoda tied with a cord (dama)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 367
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दा → Purva Bhadrapada pada 3 → Aquarius (Kumbha)

  • दुर्जय

    DurjayBoy

    Hard to conquer

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 775
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दू → Uttara Bhadrapada pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

  • देव

    DevBoy

    Who plays at creation, shines as the Self of all and pervades all

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 375
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दे → Revati pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

  • देवकीनंदन

    देवकीनन्दनDevkinandanBoy

    Son of Devaki: Krishna

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 989
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दे → Revati pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

  • देवेंद्र

    देवेन्द्रDevendraBoy

    Chief of the gods

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 840 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.129
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 495
    First syllable
    दे → Revati pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

  • देवेश

    DeveshBoy

    Chief lord of the gods

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 492
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    दे → Revati pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

Girls’ names starting with D (द) (3)

  • दाक्षायणी

    DakshayaniGirl

    Daughter of Daksha (Sati)

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 598
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    दा → Purva Bhadrapada pada 3 → Aquarius (Kumbha)

  • दुर्गा

    DurgaGirl

    Hard to reach (durga), beyond easy approach

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 7 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 487
    First syllable
    दू → Uttara Bhadrapada pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

  • देवेशी

    DeveshiGirl

    Ruler of the gods, Brahma, Vishnu and the others

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 607
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    दे → Revati pada 1 → Pisces (Meena)

Names with D (द): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with D (द)?

In the Avakahada chakra the rashi of the nakshatra pada a name’s first syllable belongs to is the name rashi. The first syllables of the names on this page: दा (Purva Bhadrapada pada 3, Aquarius (Kumbha)): दक्ष, दाक्षायणी, दामोदर. दू (Uttara Bhadrapada pada 1, Pisces (Meena)): दुर्गा, दुर्जय. दे (Revati pada 1, Pisces (Meena)): देव, देवकीनंदन, देवेंद्र, देवेश and others. This is the name rashi; the birth rashi is the Moon’s rashi at birth, found from the birth panchang.

What does the number next to the source mean?

It is the name’s place in the text: 1 to 1000 in the Vishnu and Lalita Sahasranamas, 1 to 1008 in the Mahabharata’s Shiva Sahasranama as the Gita Press counts it, and 1 to 108 in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama. Where a name comes more than once, the first number is given.

Must the name begin with the syllable of the birth nakshatra?

Many families keep the custom of giving a name that begins with the syllable of the Moon’s nakshatra pada at birth. That is a matter of family custom. This page gives the pada of each name’s first syllable so the match can be made; the birth pada comes from the birth panchang. Ask your family purohit about the naming rite itself.

Sources

  1. Vishnu Sahasranama: Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  2. Vishnu Sahasranama: Vishnu Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  3. Vishnu Sahasranama: The Vishnu Sahasranama with the Bhashya of Sri Sankaracharya, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (Theosophical Publishing House, 1927)
  4. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  5. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya’s Commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed., 1925)
  6. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Sachitra Shri Durga Saptashati, tr. Ramnarayan Dutt Shastri ‘Ram’ (Gita Press, 1961): numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  7. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Shri Durga Ashtottarashatanama Stotram and Namavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  8. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  9. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, Pune critical edition (BORI), Anushasana Parva, sanskritdocuments.org
  10. Name syllables: Brihad Avakahada Chakram, Shatapada Chakra verses 9–15; Pt. Sitarama Sharma, Ati Brihat Avakahada Chakram (1932), pp. 22–26

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