Given name

Kartikey

Kartikey is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kartikey comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit कार्तिकेय.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Sanskrit

Kandasamy

“Skanda, Kartikeya”

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Sanskrit

Anunay

“kindness, compassion”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Avinesh

Avinesh is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

97% boys · 3% girls

Sanskrit

Kratagya

“grateful, thankful”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Sarvoday

“all” · “sunrise, rising”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Āryaśke

“noble”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Abhigyan

“recognition, remembrance, recollection”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Anirvan

“un-”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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