Entry № 849 · Sanskrit origin

Ardhanari Ardhanari — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHR-dah-NAH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Half-woman / Shiva-Shakti"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "half-woman / shiva-shakti".

Ardhanari is from the Sanskrit Ardhanārī.

Half-woman / Shiva-Shakti — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अर्धनारी
Transliteration
Ardhanārī
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑːr.dɑːˈnɑː.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ardhanari stands.

Ardhanari 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.

Ardhanaris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ardhanarishvara Shiva Parvati composite / Adi Shankara Ardhanarishvara-Stotra 9 verses / Shiva right Vibhuti Naga Damaru Rudraksha Trishula / Parvati left Kumkuma Bangles Sari Kajal Karnaphula / Shiva Purana Vayaviya 20 Skanda Matsya / Tiruchengode Tamil Nadu
Sanskrit half-woman half-female + ardha half + nārī woman + Ardhanārīśvara Shiva + Parvati Shakti-Shiva-non-duality + Ardhanārīśvara-Stotra Adi Shankaracharya 9-verses + Shivas-right-half Vibhūti + Naga + Damaru + Rudrāksha + Trishula + Parvatis-left-half Kumkuma + Bangles + Sari + Kajal + Karnaphula + Śiva Purana Vāyavīya-Saṃhitā 20 + Skanda Purana + Matsya Purana + Tiruchengode Tamil Nadu
Ardhanari Shiva

Names connected to Ardhanari.

The number behind Ardhanari.

2

The Peacemaker

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