Entry № 1643 · Sanskrit origin

Brinda Brinda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BRIN-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred basil (Tulsi Radha's friend Vrindavan)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sacred basil (tulsi radha's friend vrindavan)".

Brinda is from the Sanskrit वृन्दा (Vṛndā — cluster, multitude, sacred basil) — variant of Vrinda. Brinda is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Vaishnava heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu Vaishnava heritage.

Sacred basil (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

वृन्दा
Transliteration
Vṛndā
Pronunciation
/ ˈbrɪn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Brinda stands.

Brinda 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.

Brindas before her.

Real people
Brinda Karat
Indian Communist politician + Member of Parliament.
Contemporary
In fiction
Vrinda / Tulsi
Sacred plant goddess + Hindu personification of holy basil + consort of Vishnu + Tulsi-Vivah marriage of Tulsi to Shaligram Vishnu + Vrindavan Krishna's childhood forest.
Padma Purana

Names connected to Brinda.

The number behind Brinda.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Brinda reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.