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कन्या · Virgo · 9 padas

Kanya Rashi name letters: To, Pa, Pee, Poo, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po

Kanya Rashi naming sounds

9 padas

To · Pa · Pee · Poo · Sha · Na · Tha · Pe · Po

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

A child born under Kanya Rashi is traditionally named on the sound of the single pada the Moon occupied at birth. The nine quarters in this sign are Uttara Phalguni padas 2-4, Hasta, Chitra 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
300 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.

Kanya Rashi (कन्या) — naming syllable for each pada
Nakshatra	Pada	Naming sound
Uttara Phalguni	2	To
Uttara Phalguni	3	Pa
Uttara Phalguni	4	Pee
Hasta	1	Poo
Hasta	2	Sha
Hasta	3	Na
Hasta	4	Tha
Chitra	1	Pe
Chitra	2	Po

Boundary note. Chitra padas 3-4 belong to Tula, not Kanya; Uttara Phalguni pada 1 belongs to Sinh, not Kanya. That is why this table uses padas rather than filing a whole nakshatra under one sign.

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300 sourced Kanya names.

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Kanya Rashi names with sourced meanings
Name	Gender	Meaning	Source of the meaning
Shabala शबल Hasta pada 2	male	Plumbago Zeylanica; a group of sons of Dakṣa	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116644 “śabala”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116644: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Shabara शबर Hasta pada 2	male	a kind of Lodhra or Lodh tree	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116636 “śabara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116636: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Shabdavedhin शब्दवेधिन् Hasta pada 2	male	hitting an unseen object; [alchemy]	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116678 “śabdavedhin”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116678: “name of king”, CC BY 4.0
Shabnam शबनम Hasta pada 2	female	dew; a very fine type of muslin	English Wiktionary, “शबनम” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शबनम” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shachi शचि Hasta pada 2	female	power, might, strength; skill, dexterity	English Wiktionary, “शचि” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शचि” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shadvala शाद्वल Hasta pada 2	male	a bull	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132267 “śādvala”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132267: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shaibya शैब्या Hasta pada 2	female	one of the wives of Kṛṣṇa	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 127708 “śaibyā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 127708: “name of the wife”, CC BY 4.0
Shaikhavatya शैखावत्य Hasta pada 2	male	a king of the Śaikhāvatas	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 126792 “śaikhāvatya”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 126792: “name of a Brāhman”, CC BY 4.0
Shailaja शैलजा Hasta pada 2	female	mountain born; an epithet for a river; a mountain shrub or plant	English Wiktionary, “शैलजा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शैलजा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shailapatha शैलपथ Hasta pada 2	male	a mountain path	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 126843 “śailapatha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 126843: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shailaputri शैलपुत्री Hasta pada 2	female	daughter of the mountain; Ganga river	English Wiktionary, “शैलपुत्री” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शैलपुत्री” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shailputri शैलपुत्री Hasta pada 2	female	daughter of the mountain; Ganga river	English Wiktionary, “शैलपुत्री” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शैलपुत्री” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shailusha शैलूष Hasta pada 2	male	an actor; public dancer; tumbler	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 127749 “śailūṣa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 127749: “name of a Gandharva”, CC BY 4.0
Shaista शाइस्ता Hasta pada 2	male	civilized, well-bred	English Wiktionary, “शाइस्ता” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शाइस्ता” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shakaputa शकपूत Hasta pada 2	male	having the patr. Nārmedha	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 114940 “śakapūta”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 114940: “name of the author”, CC BY 4.0
Shakata शकट Hasta pada 2	male	Dalbergia Ougeinensis; Arum Colacasia; an implement for preparing grain	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116348 “śakaṭa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116348: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shakatala शकटाल Hasta pada 2	male	in revenge for ill-treatment he conspired with the Brāhman	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 114991 “śakaṭāla”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 114991: “name of a minister”, CC BY 4.0
Shakatayana शाकटायन Hasta pada 2	male	patr. of an ancient grammarian	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130581 “śākaṭāyana”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130581: “name of the author”, CC BY 4.0
Shakhin शाखिन् Hasta pada 2	male	a tree; a Veda which exists in various schools; the follower of any Vedic school	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131216 “śākhin”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131216: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shakti शक्ति Hasta pada 2	female	power, energy, potency; strength; force	English Wiktionary, “शक्ति” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in Wikidata Q47531513 (given name), CC0
Shakuna शकुन Hasta pada 2	male	a bird (esp. a large bird or one of good or bad omen); a particular kind of bird; a vulture	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116356 “śakuna”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116356: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shakuni शकुनि Hasta pada 2	male	a bird (esp. a large bird = gridhra or cilla); son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116367 “śakuni”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116367: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shakunta शकुन्त Hasta pada 2	male	a bird; a particular bird of prey; a blue jay	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115032 “śakunta”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115032: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shakuntala शकुंतला Hasta pada 2	female	Shakuntala, the daughter of Vishwamitra and Menaka, the wife of King Dushyanta, and the mother of Emperor Bharata	English Wiktionary, “शकुंतला” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शकुंतला” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shala शल Hasta pada 2	male	a staff; a dart; spear	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131033 “śala”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131033: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Shalabha शलभ Hasta pada 2	male	a grass-hopper; locust (fabled to be the children of Pulastya or of Tārkṣya and Yāminī)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131053 “śalabha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131053: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shalaka शलाका Hasta pada 2	female	any small stake or stick; rod; twig (smeared with lime for catching birds)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 128012 “śalākā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 128012: “name of a woman”, CC BY 4.0
Shali शालि Hasta pada 2	male	rice (often varieties); any grain of a similar character to rice; the civet-cat	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131397 “śāli”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131397: “name of a Yakṣa”, CC BY 4.0
Shalini शालिनी Hasta pada 2	female	a kind of metre (four times)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132444 “śālinī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132444: “name of a woman”, CC BY 4.0
Shalmali शाल्मलि Hasta pada 2	male	the Seemul or silk-cotton tree; Bombax Heptaphyllum or Salmalia Malabarica (a lofty and thorny tree with red flowers); one of the 7 Dvīpas or great divisions of the known continent (so called from the	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132483 “śālmali”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132483: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shaluka शालूक Hasta pada 2	male	a frog	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132481 “śālūka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132481: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shalveya शाल्वेय Hasta pada 2	male	one who belongs to or reigns over the Śālveyas	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131456 “śālveya”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131456: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shalya शल्य Hasta pada 2	male	a dart, javelin, lance, spear, iron-headed weapon, pike, arrow; anything tormenting or causing pain (as a thorn, sting); any extraneous substance lodged in the body and causing pain (e.g. a splinter, pin, stone in the bladder)	English Wiktionary, “शल्य” (Sanskrit entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शल्य” (Sanskrit proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sham शाम Hasta pada 2	male	evening; ferrule, metal end	English Wiktionary, “शाम” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शाम” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shamatha शमठ Hasta pada 2	male	a kind of vegetable	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115759 “śamaṭha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115759: “name of a Brahman”, CC BY 4.0
Shamba शम्ब Hasta pada 2	male	a weapon used by Indra; the iron head of a pestle; an iron chain worn round the loins	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116757 “śamba”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116757: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shambara शम्बर Hasta pada 2	male	cloud; a weapon; war	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116759 “śambara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116759: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shambhavi शांभवी Hasta pada 2	female	an epithet goddess Durga/Parvati, meaning "consort of Shiva"	English Wiktionary, “शांभवी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शांभवी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shambhu शम्भु Hasta pada 2	male	a kind of Asclepias; a kind of metre; [alchemy] [min.] mercury	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116751 “śambhu”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116751: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shambu शम्बु Hasta pada 2	male	a bivalve shell	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116765 “śambu”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116765: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shambuka शम्बुक Hasta pada 2	male	a bivalve shell; a particular noxious insect	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115924 “śambuka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115924: “name of a poet”, CC BY 4.0
Shami शमि Hasta pada 2	male	[gramm.] root śam-	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116709 “śami”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116709: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shamkara शंकर Hasta pada 2	male	Calotropis gigantea (madār)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116730 “śaṃkara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116730: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shampaka शम्पाक Hasta pada 2	male	Cathartocarpus Fistula	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115816 “śampāka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115816: “name of a Brāhman”, CC BY 4.0
Shamtanava शांतनव Hasta pada 2	male	patr. of Bhīshma (as son of king Śaṃtanu)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132307 “śāṃtanava”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132307: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shamtanu शंतनु Hasta pada 2	male	a son of Pratīpa and father of Bhīṣma, Citrāṅgada, and Vicitravīrya	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116725 “śaṃtanu”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116725: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Shanda षण्ड Hasta pada 2	male	a breeding bull; a bull set at liberty	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 41692 “ṣaṇḍa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 41692: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Shani शनि Hasta pada 2	male	the planet Saturn or its regent (fabled as the offspring of the Sun)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115562 “śani”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115562: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0

Sources and reuse

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.

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.

Kanya Rashi name questions

Which letters are used for Kanya Rashi names?

To, Pa, Pee, Poo, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po. Those are the sounds assigned to the nine padas that fall in Kanya — Uttara Phalguni padas 2-4, Hasta, Chitra 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 300 sourced names shown for Kanya?

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.

Find the pada first, then use its sound.

300 sourced Kanya names.

How the birth star becomes one naming sound.

Kanya Rashi name questions

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