Entry № 1441 · Sanskrit origin

Bhanupriya Bhanupriya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-noo-pree-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Beloved of sun"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "beloved of sun".

Bhanupriya is from the Sanskrit Bhānupriyā.

Beloved of sun — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

भानुप्रिया
Transliteration
Bhānupriyā
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑː.nuːˌpri.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bhanupriya stands.

Bhanupriya 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.

Bhanupriyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhanupriya Padma Shri 2001 / Sūrya-Chalisā
Sanskrit beloved of sun + bhānu sun + priyā beloved + Sūrya-Chalisā 40-verse Hindi hymn to Sun + Bhanupriya 1967- Indian classical dancer + actress + Padma Shri 2001
Indian classical dance

Names connected to Bhanupriya.

The number behind Bhanupriya.

7

The Seeker

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