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Names starting with K (क): 16 names from the scriptures

7 for boys and 9 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 16 names starting with K (क): 7 for boys and 9 for girls. Each comes from the Vishnu Sahasranama, Lalita Sahasranama, Durga Ashtottara Shatanama 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 (Gemini (Mithuna)).

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Boys’ names starting with K (क) (7)

  • कपिल

    KapilBoy

    Of the kapila hue of the fire beneath the sea

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 898
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कवि

    KaviBoy

    The all-seer; there is no seer but him

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 132
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कांत

    कान्तKantBoy

    Beautiful in the highest degree

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 296
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कुमुद

    KumudBoy

    Who delights (mud) in the earth (ku)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 589
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    कू → Ardra pada 1 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कृष्ण

    KrishnaBoy

    Existence (krish) and bliss (na) as one, the Brahman; or the dark-hued one

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 57
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    कृ is a conjunct: its first letter, क: का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • केशव

    KeshavBoy

    Of beautiful hair; or who holds Ka (Brahma), A (Vishnu) and Isha (Rudra) in his power; or the slayer of the demon Keshi

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 23
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    के → Punarvasu pada 1 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • क्षितीश

    KshitishBoy

    Lord of the earth (kshiti)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 991
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    क्षि is a conjunct: its first letter, क: का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna) or keeping the vowel, की: की → Mrigashira pada 4 → Gemini (Mithuna)

Girls’ names starting with K (क) (9)

  • कलावती

    KalavatiGirl

    Possessed of the sixty-four arts

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 327
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कल्याणी

    KalyaniGirl

    Beneficent; worshipped as Kalyani on the Malaya mountain

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 324
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कांता

    कान्ताKantaGirl

    Beautiful

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 329
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कांति

    कान्तिKantiGirl

    Radiance; the power of will

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 449
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कात्यायनी

    KatyayaniGirl

    Daughter of the sage Kata; the gathered radiance of all the gods

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 556; also in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama (name 105)
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कामाक्षी

    KamakshiGirl

    Of lovely eyes; or whose eyes are Kama (Shiva); the goddess of Kanchipuram

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 62
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • काम्या

    KamyaGirl

    The desired one: those who seek liberation wish to reach her through knowledge

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 321
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • कौमारी

    KaumariGirl

    The power of Kumara (Kartikeya), one of the seven Matrikas

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 54 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 316
    First syllable
    को → Punarvasu pada 2 → Gemini (Mithuna)

  • क्रिया

    KriyaGirl

    Action, the power to act

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 63 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 320; Apte p. 430
    First syllable
    क्रि is a conjunct: its first letter, क: का → Mrigashira pada 3 → Gemini (Mithuna) or keeping the vowel, की: की → Mrigashira pada 4 → Gemini (Mithuna)

Names with K (क): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with K (क)?

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: का (Mrigashira pada 3, Gemini (Mithuna)): कपिल, कलावती, कल्याणी, कवि and others. कू (Ardra pada 1, Gemini (Mithuna)): कुमुद. के (Punarvasu pada 1, Gemini (Mithuna)): केशव. को (Punarvasu pada 2, Gemini (Mithuna)): कौमारी. 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. 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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