Entry № 1219 · Sanskrit origin

Bahula Bahula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-hoo-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Abundant / Krishnas cow"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "abundant / krishnas cow".

Bahula is from the Sanskrit Bahulā.

Abundant / Krishnas cow — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

बहुला
Transliteration
Bahulā
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑː.huː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bahula stands.

Bahula 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.

Bahulas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bahula-Krishna cow devotee / Bahula-Ashtami Kartika-Krishna-Ashtami / saved from lion Krishna calf / Skanda Purana Kartika-Masa-Mahatmya / Kamadhenu Samudra Manthan Vasishtha / Nandini Surabhi Pushkara Bahula 5 cosmic cows / Rohini alternative name 4th Nakshatra
Sanskrit abundant plentiful copious + bahu much + Bahulā cow-devotee Krishna + Bahulā-Aṣṭamī Kartika-Krishna-Ashtami + Bahula-cow saved-from-lion Krishna calf-first + Skanda Purana Kartika-Māsa-Māhātmya + Kāmadhenu Samudra-Manthan Vasishtha-Rishi + Nandini + Surabhi + Pushkara + Bahula five-cosmic-cows + Bahulā-Nakshatra Rohini 4th of 27
Bahula cow

Names connected to Bahula.

The number behind Bahula.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bahula reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.