Entry № 7302 · Sanskrit origin

Nayanthara Nayanthara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nai-yahn-TAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Star of the eye (Lady Superstar - iconic Tamil cinema)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "star of the eye (lady superstar - iconic tamil cinema)".

Nayanthara is from the Sanskrit nayana (नयन — eye) + tārā (तारा — star) — Star of the eye. Princess Nayanthara — Hindu heritage naming.

Star of the eye (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

नयनतारा
Transliteration
Nayantārā
Pronunciation
/ ˌnaɪ.jɑːnˈtɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nayanthara stands.

Nayanthara 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.

Nayantharas before her.

Real people
Nayanthara (Diana Kurian)
Iconic Lady Superstar Tamil cinema + Padma Shri 2020 + Jawan.
born 1984
In fiction
Nayanthara
Sanskrit star of the eye.

Names connected to Nayanthara.

The number behind Nayanthara.

4

The Builder

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