Entry № 1888 · Sanskrit origin

Chandra Chandra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moon (Chandra moon-god)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "moon (chandra moon-god)".

Chandra is from the Sanskrit Candrā.

Moon (Chandra moon-god) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चन्द्रा
Transliteration
Candrā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːn.drə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chandra stands.

Chandra 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.

Chandras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chandra Moon-god / Somnath Jyotirlinga / Chandra Vamsha
Sanskrit moon + Chandra Moon-god Navagraha nine planets + Hindu lunar calendar + Krishna Janmashtami + Somnath Jyotirlinga Gujarat + Chandra Vamsha Lunar Dynasty Kuru + Yadu clans
Hindu astronomy

Names connected to Chandra.

The number behind Chandra.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chandra reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.