Entry № 1746 · Sanskrit origin

Candra Candra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHN-drah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moon (Sanskrit-Indonesian unisex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "moon (sanskrit-indonesian unisex)".

Candra is from the Sanskrit candra (चन्द्र — moon) — adopted as a unisex name across South + Southeast Asia. Candrakirti (c.

Moon (Sanskrit-Indonesian unisex) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चन्द्र
Transliteration
Candra
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃɑːn.drə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Candra stands.

Candra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Candras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Candra (Hindu)
Sanskrit moon deity.

Names connected to Candra.

The number behind Candra.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Candra reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.