Indian Names · Boy
Shashank name meaning
“the moon (literally: hare-marked)”
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptशशांक
Shashank is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'the moon'.
What does Shashank mean?
About the name Shashank
Shashank comes from the Sanskrit shashanka, a compound of shasha 'hare' and anka 'mark'. In poetry it means the moon, as a hare is traditionally imagined in its markings. It is used as a male name in India.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Sha-shank |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with S |
| Devanagari script | शशांक |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: शशांक · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Shashank · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Names with a related meaning
More Indian Names starting with S
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- Santhosh♂Contentment, joy
- Sachin♂Possibly from sat: existence, essence
- Sadayan♂He who has dreadlocks
- Safdar♂
- Sagara♂Sea, ocean
- Sahaj♂Natural
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