Entry № 2248 · Sanskrit origin

Dakini Dakini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-kee-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Sky-goer / Tantric Devi"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "sky-goer / tantric devi".

Dakini is from the Sanskrit Ḍākinī. Tibetan-Buddhist-Ḍākinī pan-Tantric heritage.

Tibetan-Buddhist-Ḍākinī pan-Tantric heritage

In its original form

The name in its native script.

डाकिनी

Transliteration: Ḍākinī
Pronunciation: / ˈdɑː.ki.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dakini stands.

Dakini 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

Dakinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Dakini sky goer / 64 Yoginis Chausatti Hirapur 9th c. Ranipur-Jharial Bhedaghat Mitawali Khajuraho / Vajrayana Triratna Guru Deva Dakini / Vajrayogini Anuttarayoga / Guhyeshvari Nepal / Dakini-Jala-Samvara / Padmasambhava Yeshe Tsogyal 8th c. Tibetan

Sanskrit sky-goer female-tantric-Devi + ḍa to fly + Ḍākinī female-tantric-spirit Devi-Kali Kaula-tantric + 64-Yoginīs Hirapur Odisha 9th c. + Ranipur-Jharial + Bhedaghat + Mitawali + Khajuraho + Vajrayana Buddhism Ḍākinī Triratna Guru-Deva-Ḍākinī + Vajrayoginī Anuttarayoga-Tantra + Guhyeśvarī-Ḍākinī Nepal + Ḍākinī-Jāla-Saṃvara + Padmasambhavas-consort Yeshe-Tsogyal 8th c. Tibetan-Buddhist

Dakini Yoginis

Names connected to Dakini.

Numerology

The number behind Dakini.

The Communicator

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