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Names starting with V (व): 31 names from the scriptures

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

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Here are 31 names starting with V (व): 24 for boys and 7 for girls. Each comes from the Vishnu Sahasranama, Lalita Sahasranama, Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), 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 (Taurus (Vrishabha)).

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Boys’ names starting with V (व) (24)

  • वत्सल

    VatsalBoy

    Affectionate towards his devotees

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 471
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वनमाली

    VanmaliBoy

    Who wears the forest garland called Vaijayanti

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 561
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वरद

    VaradBoy

    Granter of boons

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 330
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वरुण

    VarunBoy

    The setting sun, who draws in his rays

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 553
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वर्धन

    VardhanBoy

    The nourisher, who makes beings grow

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 261
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वर्धमान

    VardhamanBoy

    Who grows as the universe

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 262
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वसु

    VasuBoy

    Who dwells in all beings; or Pavaka among the eight Vasus (Gita 10.23)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 104
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वामदेव

    VamdevBoy

    The lovely (vama) god; in the form of the Rigvedic sage Vamadeva (Gita Press gloss)

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 336 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.68
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 941
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वामन

    VamanBoy

    Who in the form of a dwarf begged alms of Bali

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 152
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वायु

    VayuBoy

    The wind, which carries fragrance

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 414
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वासुदेव

    VasudevBoy

    Who covers all and dwells in all (vasu), and shines as a god (deva)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 332
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विक्रम

    VikramBoy

    Who strode across the universe; or who rides the bird (vi), Garuda

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 78
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विजय

    VijayBoy

    Who excels all in wisdom, dispassion and greatness

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 147
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विनय

    VinayBoy

    Who disciplines (vinaya) the wrongdoer

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 508
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विबुध

    VibudhBoy

    Very wise; a god

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 965 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.145
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 977
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विभु

    VibhuBoy

    Who becomes many forms, such as Hiranyagarbha; present everywhere

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 240
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विशारद

    VisharadBoy

    Skilled, learned and renowned

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 289 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.63
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 952; Apte p. 994
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विशाल

    VishalBoy

    Vast, great and mighty

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 775 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.121
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 990; Apte p. 994
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विशोक

    VishokBoy

    Free from grief, being bliss itself

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 631
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विश्व

    VishwaBoy

    The universe itself; Brahman, its cause, present in all of it

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 1
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विष्णु

    VishnuBoy

    All-pervading: not bound by space, time or substance

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 2
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वीर

    VeerBoy

    Valiant

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 401
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वेद

    VedBoy

    The Veda itself, who removes the darkness of ignorance with the lamp of knowledge (Gita 10.11)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 127
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वे → Mrigashira pada 1 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वैकुंठ

    वैकुण्ठVaikunthBoy

    Who at creation joins the separate elements together

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 405
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    वे → Mrigashira pada 1 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

Girls’ names starting with V (व) (7)

  • वरदा

    VaradaGirl

    Granter of boons to Brahma, Vishnu and her other devotees

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 331
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वसुदा

    VasudaGirl

    Giver of wealth (vasu)

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 670
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वा → Rohini pada 2 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विजया

    VijayaGirl

    Ever victorious; or knowledge itself

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 346
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विद्या

    VidyaGirl

    The knowledge that gives liberation

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 549
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विमला

    VimalaGirl

    Unsullied by ignorance; the goddess of Puri (Purushottama)

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 347; also in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama (name 60)
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • विशालाक्षी

    VishalakshiGirl

    Large-eyed; the goddess of Kashi (Padma Purana)

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 936
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    वी → Rohini pada 3 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

  • वैष्णवी

    VaishnaviGirl

    The power of Vishnu

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 55 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 1027
    First syllable
    वे → Mrigashira pada 1 → Taurus (Vrishabha)

Names with V (व): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with V (व)?

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: वा (Rohini pada 2, Taurus (Vrishabha)): वत्सल, वनमाली, वरद, वरदा and others. वी (Rohini pada 3, Taurus (Vrishabha)): विक्रम, विजय, विजया, विद्या and others. वे (Mrigashira pada 1, Taurus (Vrishabha)): वेद, वैकुंठ, वैष्णवी. 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. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  7. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, Pune critical edition (BORI), Anushasana Parva, sanskritdocuments.org
  8. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Sachitra Shri Durga Saptashati, tr. Ramnarayan Dutt Shastri ‘Ram’ (Gita Press, 1961): numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  9. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Shri Durga Ashtottarashatanama Stotram and Namavali, 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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