Lava

In the epics

Lava appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a prince: Illustrious prince, resident of Valmiki's hermitage; accomplished in the Vedas, like a mirror image of Rama.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “A small portion or particle; twin son of Rama and Sita”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Anshika — Minute particle, ray of light
• Kanika — Atom, particle; golden seed
• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
• Ansha — Part, portion, share
• Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Reyansh — Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive

Where this comes from

Lava 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.