Given name

Abhilasha

“one who is desired”

Abhilasha is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is desired.”

Original Hindiअभिलाषा

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Hindi interpretation is “one who is desired.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.

How it developed

From Sanskrit अभिलाषा (“desire, want, wish”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Abhilasha’s family of names

In English usage, Abhilasha has a diminutive in ABHI. Abhilasha has a related form in Abhilashah. Abhilasha has a related form in Abhylasha.

Walk Abhilasha’s family in the name graph

AbhilashaAbhiAbhylashahAbhylashaAbhilashahअभिलाषा

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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