The baby name Shashi Shekar is a Male name , 422 syllables long and is pronounced SHAH-shee SHEK-har (approx. IPA: /ˈʃɑːʃi ˈʃekər/; regional variants may be /ˈʃaːʃi ˈʃekʰər/).
The baby name Shashi Shekar is a Male name , 422 syllables long and is pronounced SHAH-shee SHEK-har (approx. IPA: /ˈʃɑːʃi ˈʃekər/; regional variants may be /ˈʃaːʃi ˈʃekʰər/).
Shashi Shekar is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Shashi Shekar is an Indian masculine compound name from Sanskrit Śaśi + Śekhara, meaning “moon” + “crest/crown/diadem,” hence “moon-crested” or “he who wears the moon as a crown.” It is an epithet of Lord Shiva, referencing the crescent moon adorning his matted hair; thus it functions as a theophoric name connoting serenity, radiance, and supreme rank.
Documented across North and South India and Nepal since classical Sanskritic traditions and popularized in Shaiva devotion, the name appears in many modern Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages. Shashi can be independently unisex, while the full compound is predominantly male. Common variants and spellings include Shashi Shekhar, Shashi Sekhar, Sashi Shekar, Sasi Sekhar, Sekhar, and the fused Sanskrit form Shashisekhara/Śaśiśekhara; related cognates are Chandrashekhar(a) and Chandraśekhara with the same sense of “moon-crowned.” Diminutives such as Shashi or Shekar are frequent in daily use.
Shashi Shekar turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.
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