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.

1. Birth Nakshatra

2. Pada (quarter), if supplied

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 sound

Uttara Bhadrapada, Pada 4

Da

Matching Indian baby names

Names beginning with Da. 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.

Nakshatra	Pada 1	Pada 2	Pada 3	Pada 4
1. Ashwini	Chu	Che	Cho	La
2. Bharani	Li	Lu	Le	Lo
3. Krittika	A	I	U	E
4. Rohini	O	Va	Vi	Vo
5. Mrigashira	Ve	Vo	Ka	Ke
6. Ardra	Ku	Gha	Ng	Chha
7. Punarvasu	Ke	Ko	Ha	Hi
8. Pushya	Hu	He	Ho	Da
9. Ashlesha	Di	Du	De	Do
10. Magha	Ma	Mi	Mu	Me
11. Purva Phalguni	Mo	Ta	Ti	Tu
12. Uttara Phalguni	Te	To	Pa	Pi
13. Hasta	Pu	Sha	Na	Tha
14. Chitra	Pe	Po	Ra	Ri
15. Swati	Ru	Re	Ro	Ta
16. Vishakha	Ti	Tu	Te	To
17. Anuradha	Na	Ni	Nu	Ne
18. Jyeshtha	No	Ya	Yi	Yu
19. Mula	Ye	Yo	Bha	Bhi
20. Purva Ashadha	Bhu	Dha	Bha	Dha
21. Uttara Ashadha	Bhe	Bho	Ja	Ji
22. Shravana	Ju	Je	Jo	Gha
23. Dhanishta	Ga	Gi	Gu	Ge
24. Shatabhisha	Go	Sa	Si	Su
25. Purva Bhadrapada	Se	So	Da	Di
26. Uttara Bhadrapada	Du	Tha	Jha	Da
27. Revati	De	Do	Cha	Chi

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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