Kash

Sanskrit, diminutive name

Kash Origin and Meaning

The name Kash is a girl's name .

While Kash may look like an edgy spelling of the already edgy word name Cash, Kash has history as a girl's name in India where it is a diminutive of various names like Kashmira, Kashni, Kashi, or Kashtha. Associated with two Indian place names, the female protagonist of a Salman Rushdie novel, the Goddess Lakshmi, the word for shining and for sky, Kash could also be a diminutive of the Ancient Roman name Kassia, giving it the meanings "cinnamon" or "hollow".

Given to around 20 girls every year in the US, Kash is a name with a richer history and wealth of meaning than you might have have guessed at first glance.