Entry № 1893 · Sanskrit origin

Chandralekha Chandralekha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-drah-LEH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moon-crescent"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "moon-crescent".

Chandralekha is from the Sanskrit Candralekhā.

Moon-crescent — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चन्द्रलेखा
Transliteration
Candralekhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːn.drɑːˈlɛ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chandralekha stands.

Chandralekha 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.

Chandralekhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chandra-shekhara Shiva / Rudrabhatta 13th c. / Chandralekha 1948 Gemini Studios
Sanskrit moon-crescent moon-streak + candra moon + lekhā line + Shiva crescent-moon Candra-śekhara + Kalidasa + Candralekhā 13th c. Prakrit-Kannada by Rudrabhaṭṭa + Chandralekha 1948 Tamil S.S. Vasan Gemini Studios ~30 million rupees largest Indian film
Hindu Shaiva + Indian cinema

Names connected to Chandralekha.

The number behind Chandralekha.

5

The Seeker

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