Chandrika is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “moonlight, moonshine.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Chandrika at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“moonlight, moonshine”
About the name Chandrika
Chandrika belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “moonlight, moonshine” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Chandrika first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2608 in 1972, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 161 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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