Chasca as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chasca

What is the meaning of the name Chasca ?

The baby name Chasca is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈtʃaska/ (approx. CHAH-skah).

Chasca is Quechua in Origin.

Chasca is the Spanish-orthography form of Quechua Ch’aska, the Inca name for the planet Venus as the morning and evening star and for a deity presiding over dawn, twilight, beauty, and flowers. In Quechua, ch’aska conveys ideas like “tousled-haired” and “starry,” and is commonly glossed as “Venus” or simply “star,” giving the name readings such as “dawn star” or “shining one.”

As a given name, Chasca is rare but visible in Peru and Bolivia and among Andean diaspora communities, with occasional use elsewhere in Latin America and the United States; it is most often feminine but can be unisex. Variants include Ch’aska (traditional Quechua spelling), Chaska (simplified), and the compound Ch’aska Qoyllur (“Venus star”); the Hispanicized form Chasca appears in Spanish-language sources. Related Andean names include Qoyllur (“star”) and Inti (“sun”).