Entry № 1883 · Sanskrit origin

Chandana Chandana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAN-dah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sandalwood (Hindu tilak + Buddhist)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sandalwood (hindu tilak + buddhist)".

Chandana is from the Sanskrit चन्दना (Candanā — sandalwood, fragrance) — from Sanskrit candana (sandalwood). Chandana is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist heritage.

Sandalwood (Hindu tilak + Buddhist) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चन्दना
Transliteration
Candanā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtʃʌn.də.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chandana stands.

Chandana 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.

Chandanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chandana / Chandanbala
Sandalwood + Hindu tilak + bindi heritage + Chandana Sutra + Chandanamala-Buddha first sandalwood Buddha image + Chandanbala first Jain nun + Mahavira's foster-daughter + Mysore sandalwood.
Hindu + Buddhist + Jain

Names connected to Chandana.

The number behind Chandana.

1

The Leader

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