Given name

Iccha

“desire, will, wish”

Iccha is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “desire, will, wish.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Iccha means “desire, will, wish.”

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Where it comes from

Iccha comes from Sanskrit.

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How it developed

From Sanskrit इच्छा (“desire, will, wish”).

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Iccha’s family of names

In English usage, Iccha has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form इच्छा.

Walk Iccha’s family in the name graph

Icchaइच्छा

The ring: across languages.

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

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If you love Iccha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Malay

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Sanskrit

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Barkha is a feminine given name from Sanskrit.

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Sanskrit

Prabha

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Sibling ideas

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