About the name Charulata
Charulata joins charu, lovely, to lata, a climbing vine, giving a picture of beauty that needs something to lean on and grow against. Satyajit Ray's 1964 film fixed the name permanently in Bengali cultural memory, and it now sounds less like a given name than a period piece worn deliberately.
Charulata is a girl name of Bengali origin, pronounced chah-roo-LAH-tah. On the NameRarity scale it scores 95 out of 100, which places it in the ultra rare band — fewer than 1 in 10,000 people carry this name. You will almost never meet another. Its strongest period was the 1960s.
Name facts at a glance
How popular is Charulata?
Charulata currently falls outside the US top 1,000, which is a large part of why it scores so highly for rarity. Roughly 1.6 people per million carry it — about 1 in 625,000. In a school of 1,000 pupils you would expect not to find a single one.
Famous people named Charulata
We have not catalogued a widely known public figure named Charulata yet. That is part of what makes it a distinctive choice — the name is not already attached to someone else in most people's minds.
Spellings and variants of Charulata
Names similar to Charulata
Lata
LAH-tah
Creeper, a climbing vine
Parul
PAA-rool
A flowering vine, graceful and climbing
Sulochana
soo-loh-CHAH-nah
One with beautiful eyes, wife of Meghnad in the Ramayana
Calliope
kah-LY-oh-pee
Beautiful voice
Charmika
chur-MEE-kaa
Graceful of form, pleasing to see
Charu
CHAA-roo
Beautiful, pleasing to look upon
Chhaya
CHHAH-yah
Shadow, the shade-consort of Surya in the Puranas
Sohini
SOH-hee-nee
Beautiful one, also a late-night raga of the Marwa family
Charulata — frequently asked questions
What does the name Charulata mean?
Charulata means "Beautiful creeper vine, a graceful climbing plant". It is a name of Bengali origin, most often given to a girl.
How do you pronounce Charulata?
Charulata is pronounced chah-roo-LAH-tah, with 4 syllables.
How rare is the name Charulata?
Charulata scores 95 out of 100 on the NameRarity scale, which makes it ultra rare. Roughly 1 in every 625,000 people carry it — about 1.6 per million.
What is the numerology number for Charulata?
Charulata carries the expression number 4, known as The Builder. Its soul urge number is 6 and its personality number is 7.
What is the lucky number and lucky colour for Charulata?
The lucky number for Charulata is 4 (with 13, 22, 31 also favourable), and its lucky colour is Deep Emerald. The traditional lucky day is Saturday and the associated gemstone is Emerald.