Entry № 7161 · Sanskrit origin

Nakshatrapati Nakshatrapati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAHK-shah-trah-PAH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Lord of stars / moon"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "lord of stars / moon".

Nakshatrapati is from the Sanskrit Nakṣatrapatī.

Lord of stars / moon — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

Nakshatrapati
Transliteration
Nakṣatrapatī
Pronunciation
/ ˌnɑːk.ʃə.trɑːˈpɑː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nakshatrapati stands.

Nakshatrapati 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.

Nakshatrapatis before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nakshatrapati.

The number behind Nakshatrapati.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nakshatrapati reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.