Chandra

Where Chandra comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “moon”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Chandra
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Chandra through the years
  1. 1927
    Chandra Shekhar born
    Prime Minister of India
  2. 1935
    First appearance
    #3,742 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Chandra Wilson born
    American actress and director
  4. 1975
    Peak, #307
    747 babies named Chandra, the most in any year.
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #548.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes
  • Chandra Shekhar · Prime Minister of India, 1927–2007
  • Chandra Wilson · American actress and director, born 1969
  • Chandra Bahadur Dangi · Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, 1939–2015
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad · Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, 1906–1931

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.