Karsh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Karsh

What is the meaning of the name Karsh ?

The baby name Karsh is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /kɑrʃ/ — respelling: "KARSH" (rhymes with 'marsh' without the 'm').

Karsh is in Origin.

Karsh is a modern masculine given name of South Asian origin, traceable to the Sanskrit verbal root karṣ- (कार्ष्), “to draw, attract, drag; to till or plough.” From the same root come karṣana “ploughing” and karṣaka “cultivator,” so the name is interpreted as “one who attracts,” “pulling/compelling,” or “farmer, cultivator.” The related noun karṣa also denoted an ancient Indic weight or monetary unit, lending secondary associations of measure and value.

As a first name, Karsh has seen niche use in India and among the Indian diaspora since the late 20th century, favored for its crisp, global sound. Variant and related forms include Karsha, Karshan, and Karshak/Karshaka; names like Akarshan share the same root. In a separate lineage, Karsh is an Armenian family name, occasionally repurposed as a given name in English-speaking contexts, but etymologically unrelated to the Sanskrit form.

⚙ Karsh is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Karsh appears only 25 times in total — found in 15 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.