Kumara

Gender Masculine
Usage Hinduism
Scripts कुमार(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, son". In Hindu texts this is an epithet of both the fire god Agni and the war god Skanda.

Related Names

Feminine FormKumari
Other Languages & CulturesKumar(Assamese) Kumar(Bengali) Kumar(Gujarati) Kumar(Hindi) Kumar(Kannada) Kumar, Kumaran(Malayalam) Kumar(Marathi) Kumar(Nepali) Kumar(Odia) Kumar(Punjabi) Kumar, Kumaran(Tamil) Kumar(Telugu)

Categories

family, fire, gods, Hinduism, war deities, youth
Entry updated January 22, 2019