Kartik

Meaning of Kartik

Kartik, a masculine appellation originating in Sanskrit, traces its etymology to the name of the Hindu deity Kartikeya—also known as Skanda or Murugan—who embodies martial prowess and divine victory; simultaneously, it denotes the eighth month of the Hindu lunar calendar, during which devotees observe a range of liturgical rites. Etymologically anchored in ancient Indo-Aryan linguistic strata, the name has traversed cultural boundaries to establish a modest yet persistent presence in the United States, where Social Security Administration data record its first notable appearance in the early 1970s (achieving a peak rank of 645 in 1973) and, more recently, annual birth counts of five to twenty-one individuals, corresponding to rankings in the 800–930 interval. Pronounced kar-tik (kərˈt̪ɪk) in Hindi, Kartik therefore offers a fusion of historical resonance and phonological clarity, making it a choice of measured sophistication within Anglo-American naming conventions.

Pronunciation

Indian (Hindi)

• Pronunced as kar-tik (/kərˈt̪ɪk/)

• Karthik
• Karthikeyan