Maulik
Maulik means Original, precious, root.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
मौलिक (maulika): derived from a root, original.
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
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: Ardra
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Original, precious, root”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Nilamadhab — Blue Lord, original name of Lord Jagannath
- Amelia — From a Germanic root meaning 'vigor, bravery'
- Ava — Of uncertain meaning; used as a variant of Eva/Eve, an anglicization of the Irish name Aoife, or from an uncertain Germanic root
- Evelyn — Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline
- Nidhi — Treasure, wealth, precious gift
- Anumol — Precious, valuable, worthy
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Lamp, divine light
- Yash — Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — Poem, lyric, literature
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Heart, sweetheart
- Divya — Divine, brilliant, beautiful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Maulik's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.