What does the name Soma mean?

Soma means "Moon; divine nectar; elixir of life". It is a girl's name of Sanskrit-Bengali origin.

What is the classical Sanskrit origin of Soma?

सोम (soma): the moon or moon-god (See above), per the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Is Soma a name from Hindu mythology?

Yes — Soma appears in the Rāmāyaṇa: Invoked to arrange excellent food — bhakshya, bhojya, choshya and lehya.

Soma

Soma means Moon; divine nectar; elixir of life.

Gender	girl
Origin	Sanskrit-Bengali
Language	Bengali
Starts with	S

Classical Sanskrit origin

सोम (soma): the moon or moon-god (See above).

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.

In the epics

Soma appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a character: Invoked to arrange excellent food — bhakshya, bhojya, choshya and lehya.

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.

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: Kark
Nakshatra: Pushya
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Moon; divine nectar; elixir of life”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Amruta — Nectar of immortality, divine elixir
Amrik — Nectar, divine elixir
Vivaan — Full of life, Sun
Viaan — Full of life, energy
Ayush — Long life, one with good health
Vivan — Full of life

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Bengali origin

Amrita — Immortal nectar; divine essence of life
Aishani — Goddess Durga, belonging to the northeast direction
Ahana — Inner light; one who cannot be destroyed
Arpita — Dedicated, offered; one who is devoted
Sweta — White, pure; fair-complexioned
Dipti — Brightness, radiance, flame of light

Other names under Kark rashi

Priya — Beloved, dear one, darling
Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
Disha — Direction, path, guiding light
Ganesh — Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god
Khushi — Happiness, joy
Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion

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

Where this comes from

Soma'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.