Punarvasu Nakshatra Baby Names
A baby born with the Moon in Punarvasu (पुनर्वसु) is traditionally given a name starting with one of four sounds: Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi — one for each pada.
About Punarvasu
- Name means: “return of the light”.
- Deity: Aditi.
- Stars: Castor and Pollux.
- Moon sign (): Mithuna / Karka — this Nakshatra crosses two signs, so the pada decides which.
Source for name meaning, deity and stars: Wikipedia — Nakshatra (table of the 27 nakshatras). Full Punarvasu 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: “Ke” (के) · Moon in Mithuna (Gemini)
- boyKeshav केशव — having beautiful hair; a name of Krishna Source
Pada 2: “Ko” (को) · Moon in Mithuna (Gemini)
Our short, checked list has no names for this sound yet. Any name that begins with the Devanagari syllable “को” fits the tradition.
Pada 3: “Ha” (हा) · Moon in Mithuna (Gemini)
Pada 4: “Hi” (ही) · Moon in Karka (Cancer)
5 names listed for Punarvasu. 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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