Shashi Shekhar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shashi Shekhar

What is the meaning of the name Shashi Shekhar ?

The baby name Shashi Shekhar is a Male name , 422 syllables long and is pronounced SHAH-shee SHEK-har; IPA: /ˈʃɑːʃi ˈʃekər/.

Shashi Shekhar is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Shashi Shekhar is a masculine compound from Sanskrit: śaśi “moon” + śekhara “crest/diadem,” yielding “moon-crested” or “he who wears the moon as a crown.” It is a theophoric epithet of Shiva, famed for the crescent lodged in his matted hair, and parallels the form Chandrashekhar(a). The name circulates widely in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages, with Devanagari spellings शशि शेखर or शशिशेखर.

Attested in Sanskrit hymns and later regional devotional poetry, Shashi Shekhar functions both as a full given name and as a compound first name throughout North and East India, Nepal, and parts of the South. Variants include Shashishekar/Shashisekhar, Sashi Sekhar/Sekhar, Shashishekhara (final -a), and related Chandrashekhar. Short forms Shashi and Shekhar are common. The moon imagery conveys cool radiance, beauty, calm intelligence, and auspiciousness.

⚙ Shashi Shekhar is a rare name. Across 3 countries, we found 13 recorded uses of it.