Shakunthala

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Pihu — Sweet sound, chirping of birds
• Sohini — A classical raga; beautiful one
• Malavika — A woman from Malwa, classical heroine
• Mallar — A classical raga for rain; bringer of rain
• Asavari — A classical raaga, melodious morning tune
• Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh

More girls' names of Kannada origin

• Mythri — Friendship, benevolence
• Kaveri — The sacred Kaveri river of Karnataka
• Soundarya — Beauty, charm, elegance
• Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
• Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling
• Roopashree — Endowed with beauty, graceful one

Where this comes from

Shakunthala 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.