Name Compatibility Calculator
This compares two names by numerology alone. Each name reduces to an expression number, each number has a ruling planet, and the reading comes from whether those two planets are traditionally friendly, neutral or at odds.
What this calculator works out
- Each name's Expression number
- Every letter converted, summed and reduced to one digit.
- The ruling planet behind each
- What the number actually stands for in the tradition.
- Whether the two are friendly
- Read from the relationship between those two grahas.
How it works
Every letter in each name is converted to a number using the standard table, summed, and reduced to a single digit. The two resulting numbers are then checked against the ank jyotish friendship groupings. No date of birth is used, which is exactly what separates this from chart matching.
Step by step
- Convert every letter of the first name using the standard numerology table.
- Sum and reduce to a single digit — the Expression number.
- Repeat for the second name.
- Check each number against the other's friendly set. Mutual gives a friendly verdict, one-way gives mixed, neither gives challenging.
A worked example
Input: Two names reducing to 3 and 6
- First name → Expression 3, ruled by Jupiter
- Second name → Expression 6, ruled by Venus
- 6 is not in the friendly set for 3, nor 3 in the set for 6
Result: Challenging, in this table. It is a statement about two spellings, not about two people.
How to read your result
- This is not kundli matching
- Kundli milan compares two birth charts across eight koota factors using dates, times and places. This compares letters. For a decision that matters, the chart matching is the one with weight behind it.
- Spelling changes the answer
- Add a surname, use a nickname, change a transliteration, and the total changes. That sensitivity is itself a fair measure of how much to lean on the result.
- Use the names people actually use
- The name numbers are read as how someone is met in the world, so the everyday name is the meaningful input.
What changes the answer
- No birth date or time is used anywhere on this page.
- Pythagorean and Chaldean tables give different values for the same letters.
- Be consistent — compare full name with full name, or short name with short name, not one of each.
- A challenging verdict reflects one traditional friendship table, and tables are not unanimous.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as kundli matching?
No, and the difference is large. Kundli milan compares two birth charts across eight koota factors using birth dates, times and places. This uses letters in names. For a marriage decision, the chart matching is the one that carries weight.
Which names should we enter?
The names each person actually uses. Nicknames give a different answer from full legal names, and neither is more correct — they are read as different faces of the same person.
Our result says challenging. Does that mean anything?
It means the two expression numbers have unfriendly ruling planets in one traditional table. It is a view of names, not of people, and no relationship decision should rest on it.
Why does the answer change if I add a surname?
Because every letter counts toward the sum, so adding letters changes the total and usually the reduced digit. Be consistent about which form you use for both names.
Related astrology concepts
- Expression number — the number being compared
- Kundli Milan — actual chart-based matching
- Numerology calculator — all five numbers for one person
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