Entry № 919 · Sanskrit origin

Arpana Arpana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahr-PAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Offering"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "offering".

Arpana is from the Sanskrit Arpaṇā.

Offering — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अर्पणा
Transliteration
Arpaṇā
Pronunciation
/ ɑːrˈpɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Arpana stands.

Arpana 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.

Arpanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 9:27 / Sri Vaishnava Bhara-nyāsa
Sanskrit offering surrender dedication + Bhagavad Gita 9:27 yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat + Sri Vaishnavism Bhara-nyāsa self-surrender
Hindu bhakti

Names connected to Arpana.

The number behind Arpana.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Arpana reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.