Kedar Nath as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kedar Nath

What is the meaning of the name Kedar Nath ?

The baby name Kedar Nath is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English respelling: KAY-dər NAHT; Hindi IPA: /keːˈd̪aːr ˈnaːt̪ʰ/.

Kedar Nath is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.

Kedar Nath is a compound theophoric male name from Sanskrit, combining Kedāra ("field; Kedar region") and Nātha ("lord, protector"). As an epithet of Shiva, Kedarnātha means "Lord of Kedar," the presiding deity of the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a major Himalayan pilgrimage center. By extension, the name conveys guardianship, steadfastness, and sacred strength.

Attested in medieval Sanskrit and vernacular devotional literature, the name spread with pilgrimage to the Kedarnath temple and remains common across North India and Nepal, especially in Shaivite households. Variants include Kedarnath (single word), Kedar Nath, and the scholarly transcription Kedarnātha; regional spellings appear in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Nepali. Short forms are Kedar and Nath. In compound names, Nātha denotes "lord" rather than the Nath yogi lineage. Overall meaning: "Lord of Kedar," a title of Shiva, sometimes interpreted as "lord of the fields."

⚙ Kedar Nath is rarely chosen. We have only 51 recorded uses of it on record, from 9 countries.