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Revati nakshatra baby names
25 traditional boys' and girls' names with meanings, arranged by the four pada syllables.
Pada 1: De · Pada 2: Do · Pada 3: Cha · Pada 4: Chi
How the Revati Naming Syllable Is Chosen
At the namakarana, the rite of naming held traditionally on the eleventh or twelfth day, the child’s ritual name begins with a syllable fixed by the Moon’s position at birth. The Moon’s path is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each, and each nakshatra into four padas of 3°20′. That gives 108 padas and 108 syllables — one for each, and the same 108 that make up the four-times-27 grid printed in every panchang.
The syllable belongs to the pada, not to the nakshatra. Revati covers Pisces 16°40′ – 30°00′, and the Moon crosses one pada of it in a little under six hours, so two children born in Revati on the same day can carry different syllables. This is the reason a birth time and place are needed and a date alone is not enough — any tool that gives you a syllable from the date is guessing.
27 nakshatras × 4 padas = 108 = 12 signs × 9 navamsas, which is why each pada also falls in its own navamsa sign. Those signs are listed against each pada below.
The Four Padas of Revati
| Pada | Syllable | Navamsa sign | Names listed | Rashi & substitutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De दे | Sagittarius | 10 | Pada 1 details |
| 2 | Do डो / दो | Capricorn | 1 | Pada 2 details |
| 3 | Cha च | Aquarius | 8 | Pada 3 details |
| 4 | Chi ची | Pisces | 6 | Pada 4 details |
The four name lists are all on this page, in full, below. Each pada also has its own page, which carries what is specific to that quarter rather than to Revati: the exact degrees it spans, the Moon sign it falls in, and the nine-syllable rashi list that Revati pada syllable belongs to — the list a panchang prints against a sign, which turns out to be the nine pada syllables inside it.
Not sure which pada? The pada follows from the Moon’s exact longitude, so it needs the time and place of birth — the baby name finder resolves it from a birth date, and the nakshatra finder gives the nakshatra and pada together.
Revati Pada 1 — Names Beginning With De (दे)
Navamsa sign Sagittarius · 5 boys' and 5 girls' names
Boys' names — 5
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dev | a god |
| Devraj | king of the gods — Indra |
| Deepak | a lamp |
| Devansh | a part of the divine |
| Devdatta | given by the gods |
Girls' names — 5
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Devi | the goddess |
| Deepa | a lamp |
| Devika | a small goddess — also a river |
| Devanshi | divine |
| Devyani | the daughter of Shukra |
Revati Pada 2 — Names Beginning With Do (डो / दो)
Navamsa sign Capricorn · 0 boys' and 1 girls' names
This syllable falls twice — Ashlesha's fourth pada (डो) and Revati's second (दो) — and neither has an established Sanskrit name. Dolly and Dorathi, which the lists print, are English. Bengali families use Doyel, the magpie robin.
Girls' names — 1
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Doyel | the magpie robin, in Bengali |
There is no established boy's name beginning with Do in common use. The three traditional substitutes below apply.
Revati Pada 3 — Names Beginning With Cha (च)
Navamsa sign Aquarius · 4 boys' and 4 girls' names
Boys' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chandra | the moon |
| Charan | a foot — as in the feet of a guru |
| Chanakya | the Mauryan statesman |
| Chandresh | lord of the moon |
Girls' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Charu | graceful, pleasing |
| Chandrika | moonlight |
| Charulata | a graceful creeper |
| Chandni | moonlight, in Hindi |
Revati Pada 4 — Names Beginning With Chi (ची)
Navamsa sign Pisces · 3 boys' and 3 girls' names
Boys' names — 3
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chinmay | full of consciousness |
| Chitresh | lord of the wonderful |
| Chirag | a lamp, in Hindi |
Girls' names — 3
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chitra | a painting — also the fourteenth nakshatra |
| Chinmayi | full of consciousness |
| Chitrangada | one of Arjuna's wives |
When a Pada Syllable Has No Name
The 108 syllables are produced by dividing the zodiac, not by asking what Sanskrit allows at the beginning of a word, so some of them land on sounds that begin few names or none — the retroflex stops ट, ठ, ड, ढ and ण begin almost no inherited Sanskrit word, and ङ and ञ cannot begin one at all. Where that happens the tradition does not improvise a name; it substitutes, and three substitutions are recognised:
- Another pada of the same nakshatra. The pada fixes the syllable, but the nakshatra as a whole is what the naming rite is built on, and using a sibling pada's syllable is the commonest accommodation.
- Any syllable of the same Moon sign. Each rashi covers either two and a quarter nakshatras or nine padas, so this widens the choice to roughly nine syllables.
- A name of the nakshatra's presiding deity, which sidesteps the syllable question altogether — Rudra for Ardra, Indra for Jyeshtha, Vishnu for Shravana.
For Revati the third route gives names of Pushan, the presiding deity. All three are in ordinary use and none is considered a compromise — a pandit will usually offer the sibling pada first.
What Revati Says About the Child
A fish, presided over by Pushan, the protector of travellers and herds, ruled by Mercury. Revati is the last nakshatra, and it carries the quality of completion — these natives finish what other people started, look after whoever is in front of them, and have an unusual gift for arriving at the right moment in someone else's journey. There is a natural gentleness here that is not weakness.
Lord Mercury · presiding deity Pushan · symbol Fish · Deva gana. The full profile — padas, career indications, Kundli Milan values and remedies — is on the Revati nakshatra page.
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Not Sure Which Pada?
The pada is set by the Moon’s exact longitude at birth, so it takes the time and place as well as the date. A free kundli gives the nakshatra, the pada and the syllable together.
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