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Magha Nakshatra Baby Names
A baby born with the Moon in Magha (मघा) is traditionally given a name starting with one of four sounds: Ma, Mi, Mu, Me — one for each pada.
About Magha
- Name means: “the mighty”.
- Deity: the Pitrs (ancestors).
- Stars: Regulus.
- Moon sign (): Simha.
Source for name meaning, deity and stars: Wikipedia — Nakshatra (table of the 27 nakshatras). Full Magha profile →
Name letters by
Each pada is one quarter of the Nakshatra (3°20′ of the sky). Only one of these four sounds is your baby’s — the pada needs the exact birth time.
Pada 1: “Ma” (मा) · Moon in Simha (Leo)
Pada 2: “Mi” (मी) · Moon in Simha (Leo)
Pada 3: “Mu” (मू) · Moon in Simha (Leo)
- girlMukta मुक्ता — a pearl Source
Pada 4: “Me” (मे) · Moon in Simha (Leo)
- boyMegh मेघ — a cloud Source
7 names listed for Magha. The list is deliberately short — each meaning links to the dictionary or name reference it comes from — and names are matched by their first Devanagari syllable (consonant and vowel), so “Dev” (देव) counts as “De”, not “Da”.
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