Given name · Hindi
चंदन
“a sincere man”
चंदन (candan) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Candan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
चंदन is Candan written in Devanagari. One Turkish interpretation is “a sincere man.”
Explained through its name family
चंदन’s family of names
In Hindi usage, चंदन shares an earlier linguistic root with संदल. In Hindi usage, चंदन can be written in the Roman alphabet as Candan. In Hindi usage, चंदन has a related form in चन्दन.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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