Utsav

Classical Sanskrit origin

उत्सव (utsava): a festival, jubilee.

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: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
• More names starting with U

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Jalsa — Celebration, festivity, gathering
• Vilas — Sport, luxury, playfulness and joyful celebration
• Mahotsav — Great festival, auspicious celebration and ceremony
• Rathayatra — Chariot festival, grand Rath Yatra of Puri
• Nuakhai — New food festival of Western Odisha
• Kaumudi — Moonlight, festival, joy of the moon

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Gujarati origin

• Abhishek — Anointing; ritual bathing of deity
• Samir — Wind, gentle breeze, entertaining
• Arpit — Dedicated, offered, surrendered
• Archit — Worshipped, adored
• Devam — Divine, godly
• Hemang — One with a golden body; shining

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Full of life, Sun
• Viaan — Full of life, energy
• Tara — Star, Goddess, protector
• Vedant — Ultimate knowledge, Vedas

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

Where this comes from

Utsav'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.