Entry № 1879 · Sanskrit origin

Chamundi Chamundi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ chah-MOON-dee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Fierce Devi / Mysore"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "fierce devi / mysore".

Chamundi is from the Sanskrit Cāmuṇḍī.

Fierce Devi / Mysore — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

चामुण्डी

Transliteration: Cāmuṇḍī
Pronunciation: / tʃɑːˈmuːn.di /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Chamundi stands.

Chamundi 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.

Namesakes

Chamundis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Chamunda Kaushiki Chanda Munda Devi Mahatmya 7:5-25 / Ashta-Matrika Brahmi Maheshvari Kaumari Vaishnavi Varahi Narasimhi Aindri Chamunda 8 mothers / Chamundi Hill Mysore Karnataka 3200 ft Mahishasura / Dasara Mysore 10 days / Dasha-Mahavidya / 108 names

Sanskrit fierce-Devi + Cāmuṇḍā fierce-Devi from-forehead Devi-Kauśikī Caṇḍa + Muṇḍa Devi Mahatmya 7:5-25 + Cāmuṇḍā Aṣṭa-Mātṛkā Brāhmī + Māheśvarī + Kaumārī + Vaiṣṇavī + Vārāhī + Nārasiṃhī + Aindrī + Cāmuṇḍā + Cāmuṇḍī-Devi Chamundi-Hill Mysore Karnataka 3200-foot Mahiṣāsura + Dasara-Mysore 10-day + Cāmuṇḍā Daśa-Mahāvidyā + Cāmuṇḍī-Ashtottara-Śatanāma 108

Chamundi Mysore

Names connected to Chamundi.

Numerology

The number behind Chamundi.

The Leader

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