Entry № 1253 · Sanskrit origin

Bandhavi Bandhavi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAHN-dah-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Kinswoman / bonded-friend"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "kinswoman / bonded-friend".

Bandhavi is from the Sanskrit Bāndhavī.

Kinswoman / bonded-friend — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

बान्धवी
Transliteration
Bāndhavī
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑːn.də.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bandhavi stands.

Bandhavi 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.

Bandhavis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bandhu kin / Bandhava relation friend / Krishna-Bandhu Bhagavad Gita 9:18 gatir bharta prabhuh sakshi / Sadhu-Bandhu / Bandha-Moksha Advaita / Bhagavad Gita 5:12 yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva shantim / Sapta-Bandhava 7 kinships
Sanskrit kinswoman kin-Devi + bandh to bind + Bandhu Sanskrit-kinship + Bandhava + Bandhu-Vandana + Kṛṣṇa-Bandhu Bhagavad Gita 9:18 gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam + Sādhu-Bandhu + Bandha-Mokṣa Advaita + Bhagavad Gita 5:12 yuktaḥ karma-phalaṃ tyaktvā śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm + Sapta-Bandhava
Bandhu Vedanta

Names connected to Bandhavi.

The number behind Bandhavi.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bandhavi reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.