Baby Names by Starting Sound: the Nakshatra A–Z

Every Vedic baby-name starting sound and the nakshatra it belongs to, in one table. Find your baby's sound from their birth star.

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Every starting sound used in Vedic baby naming, and the birth star each one belongs to. The Janma Nakshatra — the lunar mansion the Moon occupied at birth — fixes the sound a baby's name traditionally begins with, and each nakshatra owns four of them, one per pada (quarter).

Starting sounds, and the nakshatra each belongs to

Sound	Nakshatra
A	Krittika
Bha	Mula
Bhu	Purva Ashadha
Cha	Revati
Che	Ashwini
Chi	Revati
Da	Purva Bhadrapada, Pushya, Uttara Bhadrapada
De	Ashlesha, Revati
Dha	Purva Ashadha
Di	Ashlesha, Purva Bhadrapada
Du	Ashlesha, Uttara Bhadrapada
E	Krittika
Ga	Dhanishta
Ge	Dhanishta
Gi	Dhanishta
Go	Shatabhisha
Gu	Dhanishta
Ha	Punarvasu
He	Pushya
Hi	Punarvasu
I	Krittika
Ja	Uttara Ashadha
Je	Shravana
Ji	Uttara Ashadha
Ka	Mrigashira
Ke	Punarvasu
Ki	Mrigashira
Ko	Punarvasu
Ku	Ardra
La	Ashwini
Li	Bharani
Lo	Bharani
Ma	Magha
Me	Magha
Mi	Magha
Mo	Purva Phalguni
Mu	Magha
Na	Anuradha, Hasta
Ne	Anuradha
Ni	Anuradha
O	Rohini
Pa	Uttara Phalguni
Pi	Uttara Phalguni
Po	Chitra
Pu	Hasta
Ra	Chitra
Ri	Chitra
Ro	Swati
Ru	Swati
Sa	Shatabhisha
Se	Purva Bhadrapada
Sha	Hasta
Si	Shatabhisha
So	Purva Bhadrapada
Su	Shatabhisha
Ta	Purva Phalguni, Swati
Te	Uttara Phalguni, Vishakha
Ti	Purva Phalguni, Vishakha
To	Uttara Phalguni, Vishakha
Tu	Purva Phalguni, Vishakha
U	Krittika
Va	Rohini
Ve	Mrigashira
Vi	Rohini
Ya	Jyeshtha
Ye	Mula
Yo	Mula
Yu	Jyeshtha

Which sound is yours?

The sound is not chosen from this table — it is read off the baby's chart. Find the Moon's nakshatra and pada from an accurate birth time, and the sound follows from it. The free Vedic Baby Name Finder does that from the birth details and returns names ranked for the exact birth star.

The sound is only half of it

The nakshatra fixes the starting sound; a name that is genuinely in tune also harmonises its Chaldean name-number with the child's birth number (mulank) and destiny number (bhagyank). A name on the right sound with a clashing number is half-aligned. AstroMedha's naming engine checks both at once.

See the full guide by birth star: Vedic baby names by nakshatra.

Common questions

How do I know which sound my baby's name should start with?

It is read off the chart, not chosen from a list. The Moon's nakshatra at birth fixes four sounds, one per pada, and an accurate birth time picks which of the four.

Can I use any sound from my baby's nakshatra?

Yes. Without a precise birth time the pada cannot be pinned, and any of the nakshatra's four sounds is considered auspicious.

Does the starting sound matter more than the meaning?

Neither replaces the other. The sound aligns the name with the birth star; the meaning and the name's numerology are what the child carries daily.

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