Entry № 801 · Sanskrit origin

Apeksha Apeksha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-PEHK-shah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Expectation / hope"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "expectation / hope".

Apeksha is from the Sanskrit Apekṣā.

Expectation / hope — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अपेक्षा

Transliteration: Apekṣā
Pronunciation: / əˈpɛk.ʃə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Apeksha stands.

Apeksha 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

Apekshas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika apekṣā-buddhi / Buddhist logic

Sanskrit expectation hope regard + Apekṣā-buddhi comparative-cognition in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika + Sanskrit logical + Buddhist apekṣā-hetu relative-cause

Hindu Buddhist logic

Names connected to Apeksha.

Numerology

The number behind Apeksha.

The Seeker

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