Kavi

In the epics

Kavi appears in the Mahābhārata as a rishi: One of the three beings from the libation.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Punarvasu
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Poet”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Radhanath — Lord of Radha, Krishna; Odia poet Radhanath Ray
• Sarala — Honest, simple; Odia poet Sarala Das
• Jaydev — Victory of God; saint poet
• Vidyapati — Lord of learning, famous Maithili poet
• Tulsidasji — Servant of Tulsi, poet saint name
• Kalidasa — Servant of Kali, the great poet

More boys' names of Tamil origin

• Karthikeyan — Son of Krittika stars, Murugan
• Murugan — Lord Murugan, youth
• Tharun — Young, tender
• Aadhi — Beginning, the first
• Iniyan — Sweet person
• Saravanan — Born in the reed forest, Murugan

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — Poem, lyric, literature
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Heart, sweetheart

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.

Where this comes from

Kavi has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.