Entry № 1747 · Sanskrit origin

Candrakala Candrakala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-drah-KAH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moon-phase / crescent"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "moon-phase / crescent".

Candrakala is from the Sanskrit Candrakalā.

Moon-phase / crescent — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

Candrakala
Transliteration
Candrakalā
Pronunciation
/ ˌtʃɑːn.drɑːˈkɑː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Candrakala stands.

Candrakala 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.

Candrakalas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Candrakala.

The number behind Candrakala.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Candrakala reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.