Rohini Nakshatra Baby Names
A baby born with the Moon in Rohini (रोहिणी) is traditionally given a name starting with one of four sounds: O, Va, Vi, Vu — one for each pada.
About Rohini
- Name means: “the radiant maiden”.
- Deity: Prajapati.
- Stars: Aldebaran.
- Moon sign (): Vrishabha.
Source for name meaning, deity and stars: Wikipedia — Nakshatra (table of the 27 nakshatras). Full Rohini 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: “O” (ओ) · Moon in Vrishabha (Taurus)
- boyOm ओम — the sacred syllable Om Source
Pada 2: “Va” (वा) · Moon in Vrishabha (Taurus)
Pada 3: “Vi” (वी) · Moon in Vrishabha (Taurus)
Pada 4: “Vu” (वू) · Moon in Vrishabha (Taurus)
Our short, checked list has no names for this sound yet. Any name that begins with the Devanagari syllable “वू” fits the tradition.
6 names listed for Rohini. 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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