Entry № 57 · Sanskrit origin

Abhinaya Abhinaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-bhee-NAH-yah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Expressive acting (Bharata Natyashastra)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "expressive acting (bharata natyashastra)".

Abhinaya is from the Sanskrit Abhinaya.

Expressive acting (Bharata Natyashastra) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अभिनय

Transliteration: Abhinaya
Pronunciation: / ə.biːˈnɑː.jə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Abhinaya stands.

Abhinaya 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.

Namesakes

Abhinayas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Bharata Natyashastra / four Abhinayas

Sanskrit expressive acting + Bharatas Natyashastra ~200 BCE-200 CE + four-fold Abhinaya Angika + Vachika + Aharya + Sattvika + Bharatanatyam + Kathak + Kathakali + Odissi + Kuchipudi

Indian classical dance

Names connected to Abhinaya.

Numerology

The number behind Abhinaya.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Abhinaya reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.