Entry № 9525 · Sanskrit origin

Shashikala Shashikala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHAH-shee-KAH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Phase of moon"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "phase of moon".

Shashikala is from the Sanskrit Śaśikalā.

Phase of moon — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शशिकला
Transliteration
Śaśikalā
Pronunciation
/ ˌʃɑː.ʃiːˈkɑː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shashikala stands.

Shashikala 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.

Shashikalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hindu moon kalā / Shashikala Saigal
Sanskrit digit/phase of moon + śaśi moon + kalā digit/art + sixteen digits of moon + Hindu Tantra of moon + Shashikala Saigal Bollywood 1932-2021
Hindu astronomy

Names connected to Shashikala.

The number behind Shashikala.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shashikala reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.