Entry № 1252 · Sanskrit origin

Bandana Bandana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bahn-DAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Salutation / adoration"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "salutation / adoration".

Bandana is from the Sanskrit Vandanā.

Salutation / adoration — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

बन्दना
Transliteration
Vandanā
Pronunciation
/ bənˈdɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bandana stands.

Bandana 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.

Bandanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavata Purana 7.5.23 Nava-Vidha Bhakti / Buddhist Vandana
Sanskrit salutation adoration reverence + vand to salute + Nava-Vidhā Bhakti Bhagavata Purana 7.5.23 + Śravaṇa + Kīrtana + Smaraṇa + Pāda-sevana + Arcana + Vandana + Dāsya + Sakhya + Ātma-nivedana + Buddhist morning-Vandana
Hindu Buddhist

Names connected to Bandana.

The number behind Bandana.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bandana reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.