Entry № 813 · Sanskrit origin

Apsara Apsara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHP-sah-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Celestial dancer"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "celestial dancer".

Apsara (अप्सरा) is a Sanskrit name meaning "celestial nymph" or "heavenly dancer." In Hindu mythology, Apsaras are female spirits of clouds and waters; the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia famously features over 1,800 Apsara carvings.

Apsara is widely used in Cambodia and rising in India.

Celestial dancer. The Angkor Wat carving.

The name in its native script.

अप्सरा
Transliteration
Apsarā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːp.sə.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Apsara stands.

Apsara 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.

Apsaras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Apsara
Hindu celestial dancer.
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Apsara.

The number behind Apsara.

2

The Peacemaker

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