Pavan

Classical Sanskrit origin

पवन (pavana): vital air.

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: Meen
• Nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Samir — Wind, gentle breeze, entertaining
• Sameer — Wind, air, pleasant breeze
• Anila — Wind, breeze, air
• Zephyr — West wind, gentle breeze
• Moloy — Fragrant sandalwood breeze; pleasant wind
• Mridul — Gentle, soft and tender like a spring breeze

More unisex names of Sanskrit origin

• Sai — Divine, saintly
• Ishan — Sun, Shiva, north-east
• Aadi — Beginning, the first
• Surya — Sun, solar
• Arsh — Sky, throne of God
• Preet — Love, affection

Other names under Meen rashi

• Pratham — First, primary, foremost
• Piya — Beloved, dear one, sweetheart
• Prithvi — Earth, wide, expansive
• Revathi — A star, prosperity, wealth
• Priyal — Beloved, pleasing, dear one
• Padmaja — Born from lotus, Goddess Lakshmi

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

Where this comes from

Pavan'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.