The baby name Akaash is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ɑːˈkɑːʃ/ (ah-KAASH).
The baby name Akaash is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ɑːˈkɑːʃ/ (ah-KAASH).
Akaash is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
A Hindi/Sanskrit masculine given name derived from Sanskrit ākāśa (आकाश), meaning “sky, open space, ether.” From the verbal root kāś “to be visible, to shine,” the term names the subtle element of space in Indian philosophy (pañca mahābhūta) and evokes vastness and clarity.
As a personal name, Akaash came into steady use in the 20th century and remains popular across India and the South Asian diaspora. Variant spellings include Akash (most common), Aakash (doubling marks the long ā), and the related Akasha (often unisex in English). Orthographic forms with diacritics - Ākāś or Ākāsha - appear in scholarly transliteration. Compound names such as Akashdeep (“lamp of the sky”) share the same root. The name’s celestial sense makes it a modern favorite connoting limitlessness, expansiveness, and aspiration.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| Canada | Boys | 2011 | #322 | 5 | 2,366 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #566 | 11 | 10,045 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #697 | 11 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2017 | #881 | 5 | 7,410 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #910 | 9 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #922 | 30 | 5,873 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #977 | 25 | 16,750 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,060 | 33 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,174 | 9 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,264 | 9 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,563 | 52 | 28,008 |
Akaash is popular in 26 countries — most recent births per country:
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