Leela

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: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Ashwini
• More names starting with L

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Divine play, the cosmic play of gods”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Leelabai — Divine play lady, playful goddess
• Leeladharbai — Lady of divine play, cosmic woman
• Liladhar — One who performs divine play, Lord Vishnu
• Narayanan — Abode of man, Vishnu, the cosmic deity
• Eisha — Goddess, divine one with cosmic power
• Jagadeesan — Lord of the universe, cosmic ruler

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aarohi — Musical note, ascending
• Aarush — First ray of sun
• Arnav — Ocean, sea

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

Where this comes from

Leela 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.