Entry № 49 · Sanskrit origin

Abhaya Abhaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-BAH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Fearlessness (Buddhist mudra)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "fearlessness (buddhist mudra)".

Abhaya is from the Sanskrit Abhayā.

Fearlessness (Buddhist mudra) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अभया
Transliteration
Abhayā
Pronunciation
/ əˈbɑː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Abhaya stands.

Abhaya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Abhayas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Abhaya Mudra / Bhagavad Gita 16:1
Sanskrit fearlessness + Abhaya Mudra hand-gesture in Hindu + Buddhist iconography + Buddhas Bodh Gaya enlightenment + Shivas Abhaya Mudra + Bhagavad Gita 16:1 abhayam sattva-saṃśuddhir
Hindu Buddhist mudra

Names connected to Abhaya.

The number behind Abhaya.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Abhaya reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.