Namkaran · नामकरण

Find baby names from the birth-star sound

Choose the Nakshatra and Pada your priest or astrologer gave you. We will show the traditional starting sound and matching Indian names you can open, compare and shortlist.

Do not know the Nakshatra or Pada? Ask the priest who prepared the baby's Kundali using the exact birth date, time and place. This page helps with name selection; it does not calculate a birth chart.

Your traditional starting sounds

Purva Ashadha

BhuDhaBhaDha

If you know only the Nakshatra, these four sounds are your broad range. Ask your priest for the Pada to narrow it to one sound.

Matching Indian baby names

Names beginning with Bhu, Dha, Bha, Dha. Open a name to see its meaning and origin.

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How Namkaran name selection works

1. Establish the birth detailsThe exact time and place are used to prepare the Kundali and identify the Moon's Nakshatra at birth.
2. Identify Nakshatra and PadaEach of the 27 Nakshatras has four Padas. Each Pada corresponds to a traditional opening sound.
3. Choose a meaningful nameShortlist names that begin with that sound, then consider meaning, family tradition, pronunciation and legal spelling.
Important: practices and transliterations vary across regions, languages, lineages and families. Treat this as a cultural shortlist, not a replacement for your family's priest. Where a sound yields very few names, some traditions use a close sound or another Pada within the same Nakshatra after consultation.

All 27 Nakshatras and 108 naming sounds

Select any row to see matching names. The four sounds are shown in Pada order.

NakshatraPada 1Pada 2Pada 3Pada 4
1. Ashwini ChuCheChoLa
2. Bharani LiLuLeLo
3. Krittika AIUE
4. Rohini OVaViVo
5. Mrigashira VeVoKaKe
6. Ardra KuGhaNgChha
7. Punarvasu KeKoHaHi
8. Pushya HuHeHoDa
9. Ashlesha DiDuDeDo
10. Magha MaMiMuMe
11. Purva Phalguni MoTaTiTu
12. Uttara Phalguni TeToPaPi
13. Hasta PuShaNaTha
14. Chitra PePoRaRi
15. Swati RuReRoTa
16. Vishakha TiTuTeTo
17. Anuradha NaNiNuNe
18. Jyeshtha NoYaYiYu
19. Mula YeYoBhaBhi
20. Purva Ashadha BhuDhaBhaDha
21. Uttara Ashadha BheBhoJaJi
22. Shravana JuJeJoGha
23. Dhanishta GaGiGuGe
24. Shatabhisha GoSaSiSu
25. Purva Bhadrapada SeSoDaDi
26. Uttara Bhadrapada DuThaJhaDa
27. Revati DeDoChaChi

About the tradition and sources

Namakarana is traditionally described as a naming samskara. A Vedic organisation describes the name as aligned with the birth Nakshatra and the name spoken into the child's ear; timing and ceremony details differ by community. The starting-sound chart follows the widely used 27-Nakshatra, four-Pada system.

Vaidic Dharma Sansthan: Namakaranam Himalayan Academy: birth-star syllables

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