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The naamakshar table
All 93 traditional naming syllables and the nakshatra, pada and moon sign each belongs to. To look up a specific name, use the rashi and nakshatra by name tool.
Every syllable
| Syllable | Nakshatra & pada | Rashi |
|---|---|---|
| A | Krittika 1 | Mesha |
| Bha | Mula 3 | Dhanu |
| Bhe | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Dhanu |
| Bhi | Mula 4 | Dhanu |
| Bho | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Makara |
| Bhu | Purva Ashadha 1 | Dhanu |
| Cha | Revati 3 | Meena |
| Che | Ashwini 2 | Mesha |
| Chha | Ardra 4 | Mithuna |
| Chi | Revati 4 | Meena |
| Cho | Ashwini 3 | Mesha |
| Chu | Ashwini 1 | Mesha |
| Da | Pushya 4; Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Karka, Kumbha |
| De | Ashlesha 3; Revati 1 | Karka, Meena |
| Dha | Purva Ashadha 2; Purva Ashadha 4 | Dhanu |
| Di | Ashlesha 1; Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Karka, Meena |
| Do | Ashlesha 4; Revati 2 | Karka, Meena |
| Du | Ashlesha 2; Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Karka, Meena |
| E | Krittika 4 | Vrishabha |
| Ga | Dhanishta 1 | Makara |
| Ge | Dhanishta 4 | Kumbha |
| Gha | Ardra 2; Shravana 4 | Mithuna, Makara |
| Gi | Dhanishta 2 | Makara |
| Go | Shatabhisha 1 | Kumbha |
| Gu | Dhanishta 3 | Kumbha |
| Ha | Punarvasu 3 | Mithuna |
| He | Pushya 2 | Karka |
| Hi | Punarvasu 4 | Karka |
| Ho | Pushya 3 | Karka |
| Hu | Pushya 1 | Karka |
| I | Krittika 2 | Vrishabha |
| Ja | Uttara Ashadha 3 | Makara |
| Je | Shravana 2 | Makara |
| Jha | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Meena |
| Ji | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Makara |
| Jo | Shravana 3 | Makara |
| Ju | Shravana 1 | Makara |
| Ka | Mrigashira 3 | Mithuna |
| Ke | Punarvasu 1 | Mithuna |
| Ki | Mrigashira 4 | Mithuna |
| Ko | Punarvasu 2 | Mithuna |
| Ku | Ardra 1 | Mithuna |
| La | Ashwini 4 | Mesha |
| Le | Bharani 3 | Mesha |
| Li | Bharani 1 | Mesha |
| Lo | Bharani 4 | Mesha |
| Lu | Bharani 2 | Mesha |
| Ma | Magha 1 | Simha |
| Me | Magha 4 | Simha |
| Mi | Magha 2 | Simha |
| Mo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Simha |
| Mu | Magha 3 | Simha |
| Na | Hasta 3; Anuradha 1; Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Kanya, Vrishchika, Meena |
| Ne | Anuradha 4 | Vrishchika |
| Nga | Ardra 3 | Mithuna |
| Ni | Anuradha 2 | Vrishchika |
| No | Jyeshtha 1 | Vrishchika |
| Nu | Anuradha 3 | Vrishchika |
| O | Rohini 1 | Vrishabha |
| Pa | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Kanya |
| Pe | Chitra 1 | Kanya |
| Pha | Purva Ashadha 3 | Dhanu |
| Pi | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Kanya |
| Po | Chitra 2 | Kanya |
| Pu | Hasta 1 | Kanya |
| Ra | Chitra 3 | Tula |
| Re | Swati 2 | Tula |
| Ri | Chitra 4 | Tula |
| Ro | Swati 3 | Tula |
| Ru | Swati 1 | Tula |
| Sa | Shatabhisha 2 | Kumbha |
| Se | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Kumbha |
| Sha | Hasta 2 | Kanya |
| Si | Shatabhisha 3 | Kumbha |
| So | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Kumbha |
| Su | Shatabhisha 4 | Kumbha |
| Ta | Purva Phalguni 2; Swati 4 | Simha, Tula |
| Te | Uttara Phalguni 1; Vishakha 3 | Simha, Tula |
| Tha | Hasta 4; Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Kanya, Meena |
| Ti | Purva Phalguni 3; Vishakha 1 | Simha, Tula |
| To | Uttara Phalguni 2; Vishakha 4 | Kanya, Vrishchika |
| Tu | Purva Phalguni 4; Vishakha 2 | Simha, Tula |
| U | Krittika 3 | Vrishabha |
| Va | Rohini 2 | Vrishabha |
| Ve | Mrigashira 1 | Vrishabha |
| Vi | Rohini 3 | Vrishabha |
| Vo | Mrigashira 2 | Vrishabha |
| Vu | Rohini 4 | Vrishabha |
| Ya | Jyeshtha 2 | Vrishchika |
| Ye | Mula 1 | Dhanu |
| Yi | Jyeshtha 3 | Vrishchika |
| Yo | Mula 2 | Dhanu |
| Yu | Jyeshtha 4 | Vrishchika |
The 14 shared syllables
These belong to two nakshatras each, so a name beginning with one of them cannot be resolved from the name alone: Da, De, Dha, Di, Do, Du, Gha, Na, Ta, Te, Tha, Ti, To, Tu.
Find the real nakshatra
A name is a tradition; the birth chart is the answer. The free calculator works out the actual nakshatra, pada and rashi from a date, time and place of birth. Nothing you enter is stored.
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What is naamakshar?
The naming syllable fixed by the birth pada. Each of the 27 nakshatras has four padas and four syllables, 108 in all, and the traditional namkaran ceremony picks a name beginning with the syllable for the child’s pada.
How many naming syllables are there?
There are 108 pada-syllable slots but only 93 distinct syllables, because 14 of them are shared between two different nakshatras.
Can you tell someone’s rashi from their name?
Only where the name was chosen by naamakshar. It is a widely used tradition and a good hint, but it is not a birth chart, and a large number of names are chosen for a meaning or for a relative instead.
Baby names by nakshatra → · All 27 nakshatras →
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