Meaning & Origin
A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.
Kashmir is a boy's and girl's baby name inspired by Sanskrit roots — the region's name derives from Sanskrit Kashyapa-mira (lake of Kashyapa), meaning 'lake of the sage Kashyapa' — referring to the drained lake basin where the Kashmir Valley now sits.
Led Zeppelin's epic 1975 song "Kashmir" gave the name a rock-legend mystique, and the region's extraordinary natural beauty — the "Paradise on Earth" of Mughal emperors — gives Kashmir an undeniably evocative geographical quality. A rare and boldly geographical name with musical heritage.