Indian Names · Boy
Skanda name meaning
“hopping, spurting”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptस्कंद
Skanda is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'hopping, spurting', also an epithet of the war god Kartikeya.
What does Skanda mean?
About the name Skanda
Skanda is a male name from Sanskrit. The word skanda means 'hopping, spurting' and comes from the root skand, 'to leap, attack'. In Hindu tradition Skanda is an epithet of Kartikeya, the god of war. Both Skand (the Hindi form) and Skanda are used as given names.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Skan-da |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with S |
| Devanagari script | स्कंद |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: स्कन्द · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: स्कंद · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Skanda · behindthename.com · meaning
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