Entry № 2327 · Sanskrit origin

Darpana Darpana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHR-pah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mirror (Darpana Academy)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "mirror (darpana academy)".

Darpana is from the Sanskrit Darpaṇā.

Mirror (Darpana Academy) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दर्पणा
Transliteration
Darpaṇā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑːr.pə.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Darpana stands.

Darpana 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.

Darpanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sahitya Darpana Vishvanatha / Darpana Academy Mrinalini Sarabhai 1949
Sanskrit mirror reflection + Sāhitya Darpaṇa Mirror-of-Literature by Vishvanatha Kaviraja ~14th c. + Darpana Academy of Performing Arts Ahmedabad Mrinalini Sarabhai 1949
Sanskrit poetics

Names connected to Darpana.

The number behind Darpana.

1

The Leader

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