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Shankar Name Meaning

Shankar meaning

Name :

Shankar spker

Gender :
Masculine
Meaning of Shankar :

Used in country/religion :

Bengali , Gujarati , Hindu , Kannada , Malayalam , Marathi , Oriya , Sindhi , Tamil , Telugu

Rhyming Names of Shankar: 
Aadhishankar, Aadishankar
Names Similar to Shankar :

Shani, Shanette, Shania, Shanna, Shannon, Shane, Shant, Shanon, Shanley, Shandy

Popularity Rank :

The name Shankar is ranked at 148 among the Most Popular Indian names, based upon the Babynology survey* conducted on 1 million real people across various states of India. The name is being used, as given name by 1031 peoples out of 1 Million people.

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Shankar Numerology :
Personality No. 7. People with name Shankar seek religion & wisdom. They hate doing physical work. They are introspective, scientific & analytical. Person with Shankar having 7 as Personality number love nature & peaceful ambiance. They love perfection, teaching & spirituality. They are individualistic, creative, dignified, serene & tolerant. They are intuitive, magnetic & versatile. More Numerology

Name Analysis of Shankar

Character Analysis of Shankar : Persons with the name Shankar, can be quite ambitious, self-confident, determined and self-reliant and have a strong unyielding willpower and the courage of their convictions. New projects, new ideas and the desire for expansion, all allow the them to go forth with courage, originality and decisiveness.

Love Life of Shankar : Persons stood in a certain shyness and therefore a propensity to hide their thoughts even of an intimate nature.

Name Letter Analysis of Shankar

S : Persons are a real charmer

H : Persons are a visionary, but they also tend to make a lot of money and lose it fast

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

K : Persons are all about enlightenment

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

R : Persons feel things strongly and their rich, intense inner life emanates outward

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Shankar

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Shankar is Kanya and Moon sign associated with the name Shankar is Virgo.

The name Shankar has Earth element. Mercury is the Ruling Planet for the name Shankar . The name Shankar having moon sign as Virgo is represented by The Virgin and considered as Mutable .

Normally, people with the name Shankar listen to their heart rather than using their brain. Such people are shy and hesitant.

Other name options, having Virgo moon sign are name starting with : Pa, Pi, Pu, Sha, Tha, Thha, Pe, Po, Ttha, Ph, Pr, Py.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Shankar

The name Shankar is suitable for baby born in Hasta nakshatra

Hasta Nakshatra: "The hand"

Lord: Chandra (Moon)
Symbol: Hand or fist
Deity : Saviti or Surya, the Sun god
Indian zodiac: 10° - 23°20' Kanya
Western zodiac 6° - 19°20' Libra
Other name options, having Hasta nakashatra are name starting with : Pu, Sha, Na, Tha.

Famous Name Shankar

  • Shankar

    Shankar started off as the Hero of 1 year ran Tamil Mega Hit " Oru Thalai Raagam ", had a dream opening in Malayalam Films too with Fazil's Manjil Virinja Pookkal, as the hero of the film in which Mohanlal was the villain.He was the Second Super Star of Malayalam Films of 80s after Late Action Star "Jayan". Shankar gave a large number of solo hits both in Tamil as well as Malayalam.

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  • Sri Shankar

    Sri Sri was born to Sri.Venkat Ratnam, a scholar of languages, and Smt.Vishalakshi. His parents named him Shankar since his birthday matched that of the 8th century CE Hindu saint, Adi Shankara. According to his biographies, at the age of four he could recite verses from the Bhagavad Gita . He was said to be often found in deep meditation even at a young age. Some of his followers of the Art of Living movement claim he received an advanced degree in physics at the age of 17.

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