Karthika is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “bestower of courage.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Karthika belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “bestower of courage” — 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, Karthika first appears in Social Security records in 2009. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9397 in 2012, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 85 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Karthika means “bestower of courage” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Karthika is a girl name.
Karthika comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Karthika first appears in US records in 2009. Its best-ever ranking was #9397 in 2012, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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