Entry № 1872 · Sanskrit origin

Chalakshi Chalakshi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ chah-LAHK-shee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Restless-eyed / graceful"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "restless-eyed / graceful".

Chalakshi is from the Sanskrit Calākṣī.

Restless-eyed / graceful — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चलाक्षी
Transliteration
Calākṣī
Pronunciation
/ tʃɑːˈlɑːk.ʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chalakshi stands.

Chalakshi 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.

Chalakshis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chalakshi glances / Shringara-Rasa 9 Rasas / Ashta-Nayika Bharata Natya-Shastra / Kataksha Devi / Kalidasa Ritusamhara Meghaduta Raghuvamsha Kumarasambhava Shakuntala / Calamayi Cala Devi Bhagavata / Kataksha-Sahasra 1000 glances
Sanskrit restless-eyed graceful-glance + cala moving + akṣi eye + Calākṣī Sanskrit-poetic + Śṛṅgāra-Rasa nine-Rasas + Aṣṭa-Nāyikā Nāṭya-Śāstra Bharata Muni + Nayana + Kaṭākṣa Devi-blessing + Kalidasas Ritusaṃhāra + Meghaduta + Raghuvaṃśa + Kumārasambhava + Abhijñānaśākuntalam + Calamayī + Calā Devi Bhagavata + Kaṭākṣa-Sahasra Devi
Chalakshi Nayika

Names connected to Chalakshi.

The number behind Chalakshi.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chalakshi reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.