Entry № 1746 · Sanskrit origin

Candra Candra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moon (Sanskrit-Indonesian unisex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "moon (sanskrit-indonesian unisex)".

Candra is from the Sanskrit candra (चन्द्र — moon) — adopted as a unisex name across South + Southeast Asia. Candrakirti (c.

Moon (Sanskrit-Indonesian unisex) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चन्द्र
Transliteration
Candra
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːn.drə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Candra stands.

Candra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Candras before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Candra (Hindu)
Sanskrit moon deity.

Names connected to Candra.

The number behind Candra.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Candra reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.