Entry № 2465 · Sanskrit origin

Dhanishta Dhanishta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-neesh-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wealthiest / 23rd Nakshatra"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wealthiest / 23rd nakshatra".

Dhanishta is from the Sanskrit Dhaniṣṭhā.

Wealthiest / 23rd Nakshatra — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

धनिष्ठा
Transliteration
Dhaniṣṭhā
Pronunciation
/ dɑːˈniːʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dhanishta stands.

Dhanishta 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.

Dhanishtas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dhanishtha 23rd Nakshatra drum flute / Vasus 8 Dhara Anila Anala Apa Prabhasa Pratyusha Soma Dhruva / Magha January-February / Krishna Ashtami Dhanishtha / Bhishma Mahabharata / Krishna Radha Dhanishtha-Sakhi Ashta-Sakhi Radha / Uttarashadha Dhanishtha Shatabhisha
Sanskrit wealthiest 23rd-Nakshatra + dhana wealth + iṣṭhā superlative + Dhaniṣṭhā 23rd of 27-Nakshatras + Damaru + Vasus ruling-deity + Aṣṭa-Vasus Dhara + Anila + Anala + Āpa + Prabhāsa + Pratyūṣa + Soma + Dhruva + Dhaniṣṭhā-Māsa Māgha January-February + Krishna-Aṣṭamī Dhaniṣṭhā + Dhaniṣṭhā-Kīrtan + Bhīṣma Mahabharata + Krishna-Rādhā Dhaniṣṭhā-Sakhī Aṣṭa-Sakhī + Uttarāṣāḍhā + Dhaniṣṭhā + Śatabhiṣā
Dhanishtha Nakshatra

Names connected to Dhanishta.

The number behind Dhanishta.

3

The Communicator

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