Entry № 2250 · Sanskrit origin

Daksha Daksha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHK-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Skilled / capable (Daksha Prajapati father of Sati)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "skilled / capable (daksha prajapati father of sati)".

Daksha is from the Sanskrit दक्ष (Dakṣa — skilled, capable, talented). Daksha is one of the Sanskrit feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Hindu Vedic heritage. subject of pan-Hindu Shiva-Sati mythological heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu mythological heritage.

Skilled / capable (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

दक्ष
Transliteration
Dakṣa
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑːk.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Daksha stands.

Daksha 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.

Dakshas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Daksha Prajapati
Creator-god + son of Brahma + father of Sati first wife of Shiva.
Hindu Puranas

Names connected to Daksha.

The number behind Daksha.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Daksha reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.