Chaitra

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning the first month of the lunar calendar.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chaitra by the numbers

Chaitra was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chaitra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Chiarabright or clear; a form of Clara68 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Clairabright and clear; a form of Clara127 in the US (2017)
  • Chandramoon16 in the US (2017)
  • Charajoy or gladness5 in the US (2017)
  • Caira5 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean the moon

Like Chaitra, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
  • Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
  • Selenemoon goddess289 in the US (2017)
  • Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Chaitra

AlishbaHaleemaMirhaSheikhJuniBaaniZenayaFatiha

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