Chandrakantah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chandrakantah

What is the meaning of the name Chandrakantah ?

The baby name Chandrakantah is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced chuhn-DRAH-kahn-TAH (approx.); IPA: /tʃən.drə.kən.t̪əh/.

Chandrakantah is Sanskrit in Origin.

Chandrakantah is a masculine Sanskrit name (IAST: Candrakāntaḥ) built from candra “moon” + kānta “beloved, radiant,” also the term for the gemstone moonstone. As a classical epithet it conveys “beloved of the Moon,” “moon-bright,” and by extension purity, calmness, and romantic allure. The form with final -h reflects the nominative masculine ending in Sanskrit; later Indo-Aryan languages usually drop it. The compound appears in Sanskrit poetry and lexicons describing the chandrakānta maṇi, and related forms have circulated across North India since the medieval period, with literary fame via the Hindi novel Chandrakanta (1888).

Common variants include Chandrakānta (scholarly transliteration), Chandrakanta (often feminine), Chandrakant (Hindi/Marathi/Gujarati masculine), and the spaced Chandra Kant. Diminutives and short forms: Chandu, Chandra, Kant. Usage spans Hindi, Nepali, Bengali, Odia, and Gujarati communities. Meanings center on lunar beauty and auspicious cool brilliance, making it a traditional yet timeless choice.

⚙ We have no record of Chandrakantah in any national birth registry or name dataset. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.