Sasanka as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sasanka

What is the meaning of the name Sasanka ?

The baby name Sasanka is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Czech/Slovak: ˈsa.saŋ.ka (SAH-sahn-kah); Indian/Sanskrit: səˈsəŋ.kə (suh-SAHN-kah).

Sasanka is Czech, Indian, Polish, Sanskrit, Slovak in Origin.

Sasanka derives from Sanskrit Śaśāṅka, literally “hare-marked,” a poetic epithet for the moon. In Sanskrit literature it names the lunar deity Chandra and, by extension, appears in the epithet Śaśāṅka-śekhara (“he who bears the moon on his crest”) for Shiva. Regional pronunciations and scripts yield forms like Sasanka (Bengali, Sinhala) alongside transliterations with sh.

Documented in classical verse and inscriptions, the name was notably borne by Shashanka, the 7th‑century ruler of Gauda (Bengal). Today it is used across India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, typically as a masculine given name, though occasionally adopted as unisex. Common variants include Śaśāṅka, Shashanka, Shashank, and Sashank; related lunar names are Chandra, Soma, and Indu. Beyond South Asia, sasanka in Polish denotes the pasque flower (Pulsatilla), a link that sometimes inspires modern nature‑name usage. Core meanings remain “moon,” “moon-marked,” or “hare-marked.”