Shakuntala

Meaning & origin

Shakuntala is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin, traditionally used in Hindu families. The name means "Nurtured by birds, the forest maiden whose love story became the greatest play in Sanskrit literature — Shakuntala was raised by birds in the hermitage of sage Kanva after her mother abandoned her. Kalidasa's Abhijnana Shakuntalam tells of her love for King Dushyanta, a romance that was India's cultural ambassador to Europe when Goethe praised it" and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Common among Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayali families, Shakuntala carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Shakuntala

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Shakuntala resonates in either tradition.

How Shakuntala sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Shakuntala breaks down into 9 phonemes: /SH-AH-K-UH-N-T-AH-L-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Shakuntala — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Shakuntala

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Shakuntala maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.