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
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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
Shanka शङ्क Hasta pada 2	male	fear; doubt	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116372 “śaṅka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116372: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shankar शंकर Hasta pada 2	male	Shiva	English Wiktionary, “शंकर” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शंकर” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shankha शङ्ख Hasta pada 2	male	the temporal bone; temple; an elephant's cheek	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116388 “śaṅkha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116388: “name of a Ṛṣi”, CC BY 4.0
Shankhaka शङ्खक Hasta pada 2	male	the temporal bone; forehead; a disease of the head	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116404 “śaṅkhaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116404: “name of a Nāga”, CC BY 4.0
Shankhamukha शङ्खमुख Hasta pada 2	male	an alligator	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115150 “śaṅkhamukha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115150: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Shankhana शङ्खण Hasta pada 2	male	son of Kalmāṣapāda and ancestor of Rāṃa	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115182 “śaṅkhaṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115182: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shankhapada शङ्खपद Hasta pada 2	male	said to have been made regent of the south	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115132 “śaṅkhapada”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115132: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shankhapala शङ्खपाल Hasta pada 2	male	a kind of snake; a kind of sweetmeat	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116395 “śaṅkhapāla”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116395: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Shanku शङ्कु Hasta pada 2	male	a peg; nail; spike	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116377 “śaṅku”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116377: “name of a Nāga”, CC BY 4.0
Shankuka शङ्कुक Hasta pada 2	male	a small peg or nail	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115096 “śaṅkuka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115096: “name of a poet”, CC BY 4.0
Shankukarna शङ्कुकर्ण Hasta pada 2	male	an ass	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116380 “śaṅkukarṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116380: “name of a Dānava”, CC BY 4.0
Shanta शान्त Hasta pada 2	male	an ascetic whose passions are subdued; tranquillity; contentment (as one of the Rasas)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132272 “śānta”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132272: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shapa शप Hasta pada 2	male	a curse; imprecation; oath	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115579 “śapa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115579: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shara शर Hasta pada 2	male	a sort of reed or grass; Saccharum sara Linn. (used for arrows) = Erianthus munja Jesw. = Saccharum munja Roxb. = Saccharum ciliare Anders; an arrow	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116797 “śara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116797: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Sharabha शरभ Hasta pada 2	male	a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains); a young elephant; a camel	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116852 “śarabha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116852: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Sharad शरद Hasta pada 2	male	autumn, fall, the autumnal season	English Wiktionary, “शरद” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शरद” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharada शारदा Hasta pada 2	female	an; Sharada; a script used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri in the northwestern Indian subcontinent	English Wiktionary, “शारदा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शारदा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharadvant शरद्वन्त् Hasta pada 2	male	son of Gautama	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116848 “śaradvant”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116848: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Sharadvati शारद्वती Hasta pada 2	female	patr. of Kṛpī	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131274 “śāradvatī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131274: “name of an Apsaras”, CC BY 4.0
Sharana शरण Hasta pada 2	male	one of the arrows of Kāmadeva	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116838 “śaraṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116838: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Sharasana शरासन Hasta pada 2	male	a quiver	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 200595 “śarāsana”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 200595: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shari शारि Hasta pada 2	female	a particular bird; an arrow; an elephant's housings or armour	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132355 “śāri”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132355: “name of a daughter”, CC BY 4.0
Sharifa शरीफ़ा Hasta pada 2	female	custard apple, sugar apple; honoured, eminent, holy woman	English Wiktionary, “शरीफ़ा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शरीफ़ा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharmishtha शर्मिष्ठा Hasta pada 2	female	Sharmishtha, the daughter of the Asura King Vrishparva and the wife of King Yayati; Cassiopeia constellation	English Wiktionary, “शर्मिष्ठा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शर्मिष्ठा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharngideva शार्ङ्गिदेव Hasta pada 2	male	in music) a kind of time or measure	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131311 “śārṅgideva”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131311: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Sharu शरु Hasta pada 2	male	any missile weapon (esp. the thunderbolt of Indra and weapon of the Maruts); a partridge; anger	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116829 “śaru”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116829: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Sharvari शर्वरी Hasta pada 2	female	night; a woman; turmeric	English Wiktionary, “शर्वरी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शर्वरी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharyata शार्यात Hasta pada 2	male	patr. from śaryāti	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 132408 “śāryāta”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 132408: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Shasha शश Hasta pada 2	male	a hare; rabbit; antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131071 “śaśa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131071: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shashabindu शशबिन्दु Hasta pada 2	male	the moon; son of Citraratha; one of the sons of Śaśabindu	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 128115 “śaśabindu”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 128115: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shashakarna शशकर्ण Hasta pada 2	male	the ear of a hare	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 128109 “śaśakarṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 128109: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Shashank शशांक Hasta pada 2	male	moon; camphor	English Wiktionary, “शशांक” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शशांक” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shashanka शशाङ्क Hasta pada 2	male	the moon; camphor	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131084 “śaśāṅka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131084: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shashi शशि Hasta pada 2	male	moon	English Wiktionary, “शशि” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शशि” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shashilekha शशिलेखा Hasta pada 2	female	a digit of the moon; Vernonia Anthelminthica; Cocculus Cordifolius	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 130416 “śaśilekhā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 130416: “name of an Apsaras”, CC BY 4.0
Shashin शशिन् Hasta pada 2	male	the moon; camphor; a kind of metre	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 131105 “śaśin”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 131105: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Shashiprabha शशिप्रभा Hasta pada 2	female	moonlight	English Wiktionary, “शशिप्रभा” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शशिप्रभा” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shashvat शाश्वत Hasta pada 2	male	eternal, perpetual, permanent; immortal	English Wiktionary, “शाश्वत” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शाश्वत” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shashwat शाश्वत Hasta pada 2	male	eternal, perpetual, permanent; immortal	English Wiktionary, “शाश्वत” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शाश्वत” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shatabahu शतबाहु Hasta pada 2	male	a particular small animal of a noxious kind	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116496 “śatabāhu”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116496: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shataji शतजि Hasta pada 2	male	son of Sahasraji	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 176395 “śataji”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 176395: “name of a king”, CC BY 4.0
Shatajit शतजित् Hasta pada 2	male	a vanquisher of a hundred (Viṣṇu)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 115264 “śatajit”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 115264: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Shatakshi शताक्षी Hasta pada 2	female	night	English Wiktionary, “शताक्षी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “शताक्षी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Shatananda शतानन्द Hasta pada 2	male	the car of Viṣṇu	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116566 “śatānanda”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116566: “name of a sage”, CC BY 4.0
Shatanga शताङ्ग Hasta pada 2	male	a chariot; Dalbergia Ougeinensis	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116561 “śatāṅga”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116561: “name of a Dānava”, CC BY 4.0
Shatanika शतानीक Hasta pada 2	male	an old man; a father-in-law	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116569 “śatānīka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116569: “name of an Asura”, CC BY 4.0
Shataparva शतपर्वा Hasta pada 2	female	Dūrvā grass; white Dūrvā grass; a kind of Helleborus	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116477 “śataparvā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116477: “name of the wife”, CC BY 4.0
Shatapushpa शतपुष्प Hasta pada 2	male	Anethum Sowa	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 116491 “śatapuṣpa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 116491: “name of the poet”, 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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