Check Multiple Baby Names at Once

Parents rarely arrive with one name. This takes up to five at a time, scores each against the baby's date of birth in both Chaldean and Pythagorean, and ranks them — so the shortlist gets settled in one pass instead of five.

Spelling variants are the real use

The same name spelt differently is not the same number. These three are the same name said aloud:

That is the decision most families are actually making, and it is invisible until the arithmetic is in front of you.

Mulank and Bhagyank — what the two numbers are

A date of birth gives two numbers, and each name here is scored against both.

Mulank (root number)

Comes from the day of the month alone, reduced to a single digit. Anyone born on the 8th, 17th or 26th of any month has Mulank 8. It is the birth-day signature, and it is the number most Indian numerologists weigh first when a name is being chosen — which is why it counts double in the score on this page.

Bhagyank (destiny number)

Comes from the whole date — every digit of the day, month and year added together and reduced. It is particular to the full date rather than shared by everyone born on that day of the month, and it is read here as the supporting number.

The order matters. Mulank 8 with Bhagyank 7 is not the same reading as Mulank 7 with Bhagyank 8 — the friendship table is symmetric, but the Mulank is weighted double, so which number sits in which slot changes the ranking.

How each name is scored

  1. The baby's Mulank and Bhagyank are taken from the date of birth.
  2. Each name is given its Chaldean total, reduced to a single digit.
  3. That number is scored against the Mulank and against the Bhagyank on the published planetary friendship table — two scores, not one.
  4. The two are combined with the Mulank weighted double, because it comes from the birth day alone and is what Indian numerologists weigh first when a name is being chosen. That gives the score out of 100.
  5. Both component scores stay on screen, so a number that suits one birth number well and the other poorly is shown as the split verdict it is rather than being averaged into silence.
  6. The Pythagorean number is scored the same way and shown for comparison. It does not change the ranking — this site treats Chaldean as primary.

70 and above is a strong fit, 55 to 69 workable, below 55 weak. Scores cluster between roughly 40 and 80 because the friendship table rarely goes to extremes, so nothing reaches 100 and a ten-point gap is a real difference while a two-point gap is not. The page prints the best numbers achievable for your particular date alongside your shortlist, which is the ceiling worth measuring against.

An earlier version of this page asked only whether a name's number was friendly with the Mulank or the Bhagyank, and printed a tick if either passed. On a 7/8 birth date that marked three quite different names identically strong, and it hid the disagreements: a number scoring 85 against one birth number and 40 against the other was reported as a pass. Scoring both and showing both is the fix.

Number friendship table

Why the two systems disagree

Chaldean works from sound and gives no letter the value 9. Pythagorean works from alphabetical position and does use 9. The same name can be favourable in one and not the other, which is normal rather than an error. The methodology page sets out which system this site uses where, and why.

If none of your names score well

Then none of them do, and the page will say so rather than ranking a weak list as though it were strong. A number is one layer among many and is not a reason to drop a name a family loves. The practical move is a spelling variant of the name you already prefer.

Frequently asked questions

How many baby names can I compare at once?

Five. That is enough for a real shortlist without the results becoming a wall of numbers. If you are weighing more than five, the ones at the bottom are usually already decided against.

Does a different spelling change the number?

Often, yes, and that is the most useful thing this page does. Aarav and Aarrav are the same name said aloud but not the same number in Chaldean, because the extra R adds 2. Put both spellings in and you can see the difference rather than guess at it.

Why do Chaldean and Pythagorean disagree?

They assign different values to the same letters. Chaldean works from sound and never gives a letter the value 9; Pythagorean works from alphabetical position and does use 9. The same name can be favourable in one and not the other — which is normal, not an error. This site treats Chaldean as primary and shows Pythagorean for comparison.

What if none of my names score well?

Then none of them score well, and we will say so. A name is one layer among many and no number is a reason to reject a name a family loves. The practical move is to try a spelling variant of the name you already prefer rather than abandoning it for a name you don't.

How is the score out of 100 worked out?

Each name's Chaldean number is scored against the Mulank and against the Bhagyank on the published planetary friendship table, and the two are combined with the Mulank weighted double — it comes from the birth day alone and is what Indian numerologists weigh first when choosing a name. 70 and above is a strong fit, 55 to 69 workable, below 55 weak. Both component scores are shown, so you can see when a number suits one birth number and not the other.

Why doesn't anything score 100?

Because the underlying friendship table does not reach that far. Real scores cluster between roughly 40 and 80, so the page also shows the best numbers possible for your date — that is the ceiling worth measuring against, not 100. A name ten points off that ceiling is doing well.

Two of my names scored almost the same. Which do I pick?

Whichever you prefer. A gap of two or three points is inside the noise of a table built on planetary friendship, not a real difference, and the page says so rather than crowning a winner. Numbers are a tiebreaker between names you already like, not a ranking to obey.

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