lakṣmī in names

The dictionary word

लक्ष्मी · lakṣmī (Sanskrit): good fortune; prosperity.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899, p. 892 (column 3) · entry 180523

How it combines

Listed first, as a prefix, in these compound accounts: Lakkavva, Lakshmidhar, Lakshmikant, Lakshminarayan.

Listed last, as a suffix, in these compound accounts: Mahalakshmi, Vijayalakshmi.

Some accounts identify this element without a complete split. The individual name’s meaning explains its combination. A similar ending alone does not establish the same derivation.