मकर · Capricorn · 9 padas

Makar Rashi name letters: Bho, Ja, Ji, Khi / Ju, Khu / Je, Khe / Jo, Kho / So, Ga, Gee

Makar Rashi naming sounds

9 padas

Bho · Ja · Ji · Khi / Ju · Khu / Je · Khe / Jo · Kho / So · Ga · Gee

Your child's sound is the one pada the Moon was in at birth.

A child born under Makar Rashi is traditionally named on the sound of the single pada the Moon occupied at birth. The nine quarters in this sign are Uttara Ashadha padas 2-4, Shravana, Dhanishta padas 1-2.

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Built pada by pada, including nakshatras that cross a sign boundary
Two attested regional readings are both shown where they occur
140 cited names; every displayed meaning links to its source

The nine quarters

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The sign gives nine possible sounds. Birth time identifies the one pada; the baby name finder calculates it from the Moon's position.

Makar Rashi (मकर) — naming syllable for each pada
Nakshatra	Pada	Naming sound
Uttara Ashadha	2	Bho
Uttara Ashadha	3	Ja
Uttara Ashadha	4	Ji
Shravana	1	Khi / Ju — two attested readings, either is correct
Shravana	2	Khu / Je — two attested readings, either is correct
Shravana	3	Khe / Jo — two attested readings, either is correct
Shravana	4	Kho / So — two attested readings, either is correct
Dhanishta	1	Ga
Dhanishta	2	Gee

A slash marks two attested readings for one pada. Both are retained instead of silently choosing one regional spelling.

Boundary note. Dhanishta padas 3-4 belong to Kumbh, not Makar; Uttara Ashadha pada 1 belongs to Dhanu, not Makar. That is why this table uses padas rather than filing a whole nakshatra under one sign.

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140 sourced Makar names.

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Makar Rashi names with sourced meanings
Name	Gender	Meaning	Source of the meaning
Bhogin भोगिन् Uttara Ashadha pada 2	male	a voluptuary; a king; the head man of a village	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 26089 “bhogin”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 26089: “name of a prince”, CC BY 4.0
Bhoja भोजा Uttara Ashadha pada 2	female	a princess of the Bhojas; a cowherd	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 26100 “bhojā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 26100: “name of the wife”, CC BY 4.0
Bhojaka भोजक Uttara Ashadha pada 2	male	a waiter at table; an astrologer	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 26130 “bhojaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 26130: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Bhoomi भूमि Uttara Ashadha pada 2	female	earth, soil, ground; region; nation, country	English Wiktionary, “भूमि” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “भूमि” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Bhoomika भूमिका Uttara Ashadha pada 2	female	role, character; groundwork, foundation, introduction	English Wiktionary, “भूमिका” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “भूमिका” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gabhasti गभस्ति Dhanishta pada 1	male	arm; hand; a ray of light	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130075 “gabhasti”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130075: “name of a Ṛṣi”, CC BY 4.0
Gada गद Dhanishta pada 1	male	a sentence; disease; sickness	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129387 “gada”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129387: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Gadadhara गदाधर Dhanishta pada 1	male	Kṛṣṇa	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129393 “gadādhara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129393: “name of a physician”, CC BY 4.0
Gaduka गडुक Dhanishta pada 1	male	a water-pot; a finger-ring; pl.) his descendants	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 128679 “gaḍuka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 128679: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gagan गगन Dhanishta pada 1	male	sky	English Wiktionary, “गगन” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गगन” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gaha गह Dhanishta pada 1	male	a cave	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 175627 “gaha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 175627: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gahvara गह्वर Dhanishta pada 1	male	bower; a cave; cavern	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130225 “gahvara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130225: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gaja गज Dhanishta pada 1	male	an elephant; one of the 8 elephants of the regions; the number "eight"	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129307 “gaja”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129307: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gajakarna गजकर्ण Dhanishta pada 1	male	a kind of plant; Butea frondosa Roxb	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129310 “gajakarṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129310: “name of a Yakṣa”, CC BY 4.0
Gajanan गजानन Dhanishta pada 1	male	Gajanana an epithet of Ganesha	English Wiktionary, “गजानन” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गजानन” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gajanana गजानन Dhanishta pada 1	male	Gajanana an epithet of Ganesha	English Wiktionary, “गजानन” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गजानन” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gajaskandha गजस्कन्ध Dhanishta pada 1	male	Cassia Alata or Tora	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 128636 “gajaskandha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 128636: “name of a Dānava”, CC BY 4.0
Gambhira गम्भीर Dhanishta pada 1	male	the lemon tree; a lotus; a Mantra of the	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130084 “gambhīra”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130084: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Gana गण Dhanishta pada 1	male	a flock; troop; multitude	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129336 “gaṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129336: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Ganapati गणपति Dhanishta pada 1	male	Ganapati, an epithet of Shri Ganesha	English Wiktionary, “गणपति” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गणपति” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gandhara गन्धार Dhanishta pada 1	male	the third note; in music) a particular Rāga; red lead	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130073 “gandhāra”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130073: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Gandharaja गन्धराज Dhanishta pada 1	male	a kind of jasmine; a kind of bdellium	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130041 “gandharāja”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130041: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Gandhari गान्धारी Dhanishta pada 1	female	a princess of the Gāndhāris; Alhagi Maurorum; a particular vein in the left eye	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130296 “gāndhārī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130296: “name of a wife”, CC BY 4.0
Gandharva गन्धर्व Dhanishta pada 1	male	a gandharva; a skilled singer, bard; a sage, religious man	English Wiktionary, “गन्धर्व” (Sanskrit entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गन्धर्व” (Sanskrit proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gandharvi गान्धर्वी Dhanishta pada 1	female	speech; [alchemy] a kind of divyauṣadhī	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130293 “gāndharvī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130293: “name of an Apsaras”, CC BY 4.0
Gandhini गान्धिनी Dhanishta pada 1	female	the Gaṅgā	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 176888 “gāndhinī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 176888: “name of a princess”, CC BY 4.0
Gandini गान्दिनी Dhanishta pada 1	female	wife of Śvaphalka	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129988 “gāndinī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129988: “name of a princess”, CC BY 4.0
Gandusha गण्डूष Dhanishta pada 1	male	the tip of an elephant's trunk	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129384 “gaṇḍūṣa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129384: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Ganesh गणेश Dhanishta pada 1	male	Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and the god of wisdom, success, and beginnings	English Wiktionary, “गणेश” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गणेश” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Ganesha गणेश Dhanishta pada 1	male	Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and the god of wisdom, success, and beginnings	English Wiktionary, “गणेश” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गणेश” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Ganga गंगा Dhanishta pada 1	female	Ganga, a personification of the aforementioned river, worshiped as the goddess of purification and forgiveness	English Wiktionary, “गंगा” (Marathi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गंगा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gangadhar गंगाधर Dhanishta pada 1	male	an epithet of Shiva, meaning "holder of the Ganges"	English Wiktionary, “गंगाधर” (Marathi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गंगाधर” (Marathi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gangadhara गङ्गाधर Dhanishta pada 1	male	the ocean	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129301 “gaṅgādhara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129301: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Ganpati गणपति Dhanishta pada 1	male	Ganapati, an epithet of Shri Ganesha	English Wiktionary, “गणपति” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गणपति” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gara गर Dhanishta pada 1	male	any drink; beverage; fluid	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130111 “gara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130111: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Garga गर्ग Dhanishta pada 1	male	a bull; an earth-worm; in music) a kind of measure	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130131 “garga”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130131: “name of an astronomer”, CC BY 4.0
Gargara गर्गर Dhanishta pada 1	male	onomat.) a whirlpool; eddy; a kind of musical instrument	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130134 “gargara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130134: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gargyayana गार्ग्यायण Dhanishta pada 1	male	patr. from gārgya	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 123936 “gārgyāyaṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 123936: “name of a teacher”, CC BY 4.0
Garima गरिमा Dhanishta pada 1	female	dignity, self-worth, prestige	English Wiktionary, “गरिमा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गरिमा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Garuda गरुड Dhanishta pada 1	male	a building shaped like Garuḍa; a kind of grain; [min.] = mākṣika	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130123 “garuḍa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130123: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Garvit गर्वित Dhanishta pada 1	male	proud; haughty, arrogant, conceited	English Wiktionary, “गर्वित” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गर्वित” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Garvita गर्विता Dhanishta pada 1	female	proud; haughty, arrogant, conceited; an arrogant or haughty woman	English Wiktionary, “गर्विता” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गर्विता” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gatri गातृ Dhanishta pada 1	male	a singer; a Gandharva; a bee	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 129900 “gātṛ”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 129900: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Gauda गौड Dhanishta pada 1	male	the inhabitants of the country Gauḍa; a prince of the Gauḍas; a kind of liquor	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 125502 “gauḍa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 125502: “name of a lexicographer”, CC BY 4.0
Gaura गौर Dhanishta pada 1	male	a kind of buffalo (Bos Gaurus); yellowish (the colour); white mustard (the seed of which is used as a weight)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 125520 “gaura”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 125520: “name of a Nāga”, CC BY 4.0
Gaurang गौरांग Dhanishta pada 1	male	fair, white	English Wiktionary, “गौरांग” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गौरांग” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gaurav गौरव Dhanishta pada 1	male	honour, glory	English Wiktionary, “गौरव” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गौरव” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Gauri गौरी Dhanishta pada 1	female	fair, brilliant; white cow	English Wiktionary, “गौरी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “गौरी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0

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English Wiktionary — source, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Dual-licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL. Meanings are abridged from the entry's own dictionary senses; each name links to the entry it came from.

Digital Corpus of Sanskrit — source, used under CC BY 4.0. Oliver Hellwig, Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, 2010-2024. Lemma glosses are abridged and the “name of a …” clause is shown as the attestation rather than as a meaning.

Wikidata — source, used under CC0 1.0. Structured data in the main and lexeme namespaces is a public-domain dedication. Used for names Wiktionary does not carry.

This compiled list is CC BY-SA 4.0. Each gloss is shortened and every row retains the entry it came from. The finder's provenance answer explains why larger non-commercial dictionary datasets are not republished here.

Some sounds belong to more than one pada. Those rows name the other sign instead of pretending the spelling resolves the birth pada; birth time is what distinguishes it.

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Other spellings of the same sign.

Makara Rashi name letters means this same मकर table: Bho, Ja, Ji, Khi / Ju, Khu / Je, Khe / Jo, Kho / So, Ga, Gee.

One method, not twelve copies

How the birth star becomes one naming sound.

The calculation and its limits are documented once in the baby name finder method. Use the rashi calculator if the sign itself is uncertain.

Makar Rashi name questions

Which letters are used for Makar Rashi names?

Bho, Ja, Ji, Khi / Ju, Khu / Je, Khe / Jo, Kho / So, Ga, Gee. Those are the sounds assigned to the nine padas that fall in Makar — Uttara Ashadha padas 2-4, Shravana, Dhanishta padas 1-2 — in the Namakaran tradition. The tradition names on the sound of the single pada the Moon occupied at birth, so only one of these is 'yours'; the remaining quarters belong to the same sign but to a different part of it, and the birth time is what tells them apart.

Does the name have to start with one of these sounds?

No. This is a tradition, not a rule, and no text treats a name chosen for another reason as harmful. Families regularly name a child after a grandparent or a deity instead. The only consequence is that the name will not encode the birth star, so nobody will be able to read the chart back out of it later.

Why are only 140 sourced names shown for Makar?

Every published meaning needs a citation and attestation as a given name. An uncited suggestion is omitted rather than given a plausible but invented gloss; the finder page explains the corpus and licence.

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140 sourced Makar names.

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