For Hindu people.?

Question

Does Kali (named after the Goddess wife of Shiva) as a person name carry a bad connotation?

Answer 1

Kali is goddess Durga itself, but in the roudra (anger/temper) bhava(mood). Hindus all over India worship Goddess Kali, and there are a lot of temples also. But, at least in some parts of India (at least in the part where I belong to), if some woman is losing her temper very badly, people calls her Kali or Bhadrakali. So, if you are planning to name someone after Goddess Durga, it is better to exclude the name Kali, there are a lot of other meaningful and beautiful names for Goddess Durga, may be Durga itself is a beautiful name.

Answer 2

Kali is a feminine form of the Sanskrit word "kala," meaning "time". It also means "black". Kali has therefore been translated variously as "She who is time," "She who devours time," "She who is the Mother of time," "She who is black," and "she who is black time". Kali's association with blackness stands in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who is white, like the ashes of the cremation ground (Sanskrit: 'śmaśan') in which he meditates, and with which they are both associated, hence Kali's epithet 'Śmaśanâ.'

Kali as Shakti is life energy (prana, represented by breath), and when it enters into the body (Shava or corpse), the body becomes alive. Thus the saying "Shiva without Shakti is Shava." Kali (Life Energy or Shakti) and the body together are called Shiva. Thus the saying, "Every person is God (Shiva)". The "I" in Shiva is the energy of Shakti.

Kali properly transliterated from Sanskrit is Kālī, which should not be confused with the common Sanskrit word properly transliterated as kali, meaning "terrible." They are grammatically unrelated, the first being nominal/ablative the latter adjectival. Frequent confusion comes in interpreting the "kali yuga," or "terrible age," one of the four great ages (yugas) of Hindu cosmology, as conflated with the goddess Kali. This is mostly due to her appearance, which is often described as terrible and fearsome. In fact, the goddess Kali should not be confused with kali yuga, as her name holds separate and unrelated meaning.

Answer 3

Kali is the Goddess of Death.

Answer 4

not precisely,.......kali is not wife of shiva..... there are many stories...but shiva marries a incarnation of kali......

and no, kali looks very fierce, but she is called as mother....so everyone loves their mother right.....

Answer 5

it doesnt carry a bad connotation. But i havnt heard of anybody by that name.

Answer 6

no it doesnt it mite even show how good of a person this girl will turn out 2 b or already is!

Answer 7

No, in any case no. We respect this name as it is associated with the goddes.

Answer 8

no