Given name

Skand

Skand is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Skand comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit स्कन्द.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Skand’s family of names

In English usage, Skand has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form स्कंद.

Walk Skand’s family in the name graph

SkandSkandaस्कंद

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

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

Similar names

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

Sanskrit

Akhand

“unified, undivided”

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92% boys · 8% girls

Sanskrit

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“fame”

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Sanskrit

Sanjoy

Sanjoy is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

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Sanskrit

Sanidhya

Sanidhya is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Axar

“letter, character”

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>99% boys

Sanskrit

Sadhu

“good; good man, holy man”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Sanskrit · Modern

Aryan

“noble; noble one”

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94% boys · 6% girls

Sanskrit

Prasiddh

Prasiddh is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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