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Shyam

श्याम

Shyam is a boy's name of Hindi origin meaning black (color).

Meaning from en.wiktionary.org.

Below: how Shyam is written across 10 Indian scripts, its Chaldean numerology reading, the birth star traditionally linked to its first sound, and the short forms families actually use.

boy Hindi 1 syllables Root 5 · Mercury

Shyam in 10 Indian scripts

Written out for the certificate, the invitation, and the passport form.

Hindi
श्याम
Marathi
श्याम
Bengali
শ্যাম
Tamil
ஶ்யாம
Telugu
శ్యామ
Gujarati
શ્યામ
Kannada
ಶ್ಯಾಮ
Malayalam
ശ്യാമ
Punjabi
ਸ਼੍ਯਾਮ
Odia
ଶ୍ଯାମ

Chaldean numerology

The traditional Chaldean system, which assigns a value to each letter by its sound.

Compound number
14
Movement & combinations of people — favourable for media, trade, transit
Root number
5
Ruling planet: ☿ Mercury
MediaSaaS / TechCommunicationMobilityEducation

Fields traditionally considered favourable for root 5.

Rashi & Nakshatra

By the Avakahada chakra, the syllable table used at namkaran ceremonies.

This starting sound has no direct Avakahada chakra entry — a janam-kundli reading is the way to go

Traditionally this table runs the other way: a pandit reads the baby's birth star from the janam kundli and gives you a syllable to start the name with. The birth chart, not the name, is the authority. We show the reverse lookup for reference.

Everyday use

Short forms
—
Name is already short and sweet — no obvious short forms
Pronunciation
Medium
1 syllables · Tricky for non-Indian speakers

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