Baby names with the stars in mind
Nakshatra and rashi letters for baby names
Free charts of the starting syllables that many Hindu families use when they choose a name, in English letters and Devanagari, with guides to the naming ceremony, the nakshatras and rashis, and name numerology.
- All 27 nakshatras and 108 padas
- English letters and Devanagari
- Regional variants noted
Start with the naming letters
- Nakshatra letters chart
The starting syllable for each of the 108 nakshatra padas, in English letters and Devanagari, with the rashi each pada belongs to.
- Rashi letters chart
The nine starting letters of each of the 12 rashis (Moon signs), with the nakshatra padas they come from.
Naming guides
- Namkaran ceremony
The Hindu naming ceremony: when it is held, what happens on the day, how the first letter is chosen and how customs vary by region.
- How to choose a baby name
A practical guide for any family: sound with the surname, meaning, nicknames, popularity, initials, spelling across languages and family traditions.
- The 27 nakshatras explained
Each of the 27 nakshatras for parents: zodiac span, ruling planet, presiding deity, symbol, traditional qualities and its four naming syllables.
- The 12 rashis explained
The 12 Moon signs of Vedic astrology: sidereal span, ruling planet, element, the nakshatra padas inside each and its starting letters, with sidereal and tropical zodiacs explained.
- Name numerology explained
How the Pythagorean and Chaldean systems turn a name into a number, with both letter charts and honest caveats.
Free tools
- Name numerology calculator
A name’s Pythagorean and Chaldean numbers, with every letter value and reduction step shown.
What we are building
Astro Baby Name is a baby-name reference in progress. Source-checked name pages are coming: meanings checked against published sources, with popularity figures from official statistics for the US and for England and Wales.
Name pages
The meaning and the source it was checked against, origin, pronunciation, variants, and popularity trends from US Social Security Administration data and Office for National Statistics data for England and Wales, where the name appears in them.
In progress
Name lists
By gender, first letter, origin, theme, nakshatra and rashi, published only when a list has enough well-sourced names to be useful.
In progress
Free tools
The name numerology calculator is live. Coming next: a name finder, a rashi finder, and a nakshatra name finder that will work out a baby’s birth star from the date, time and place of birth.
In progress
Until those are ready, the site has only the pages linked here. We would rather publish a little that is right than a lot that is not.
How we check names
Drafts are written with AI assistance, and every meaning has to agree with at least one verification source before it is published. Names we cannot verify are held back. Our editorial policy explains the sources, the checks and how to report an error.