Entry № 1241 · Sanskrit origin

Bali Bali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Demon-king Bali / Onam"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "demon-king bali / onam".

Bali is from the Sanskrit Bali.

Demon-king Bali / Onam — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

बलि
Transliteration
Bali
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑː.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bali stands.

Bali 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.

Balis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vamana-Bali Bhagavata Canto 8 / Onam Kerala / Balipratipada Diwali
Sanskrit offering demon-king + Mahābali defeated by Vishnu Vāmana-avatar three-strides + Bhagavata Purana Canto 8 + Vishnu Purana + Vamana Purana + Onam Kerala harvest King Balis-annual-return + Rigveda 1.154 Vishnu three-steps + Balipratipada fourth-day-Diwali
Vaishnava

Names connected to Bali.

The number behind Bali.

6

The Nurturer

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