Entry № 5083 · Sanskrit origin

Kaajal Kaajal — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-jul /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Kohl / eye-cosmetic"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "kohl / eye-cosmetic".

Kaajal is from the Sanskrit Kajjala.

Kohl / eye-cosmetic — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

काजल
Transliteration
Kajjala
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.dʒʌl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaajal stands.

Kaajal 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.

Kaajals before her.

Real people

In fiction
Charaka Samhita Kajjala / Kajol Devgan
Sanskrit soot lampblack kohl eye-cosmetic + Hindu Ayurvedic aesthetic + Kajjala for beauty + protection-from-evil-eye + eye-health + Charaka Samhita + Sushruta Samhita + Kajol Devgan 1974-
Ayurveda + Indian cinema

Names connected to Kaajal.

The number behind Kaajal.

9

The Giver

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