Entry № 2466 · Sanskrit origin

Dhanishtha Dhanishtha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ dah-NEESH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wealthy / Dhanishtha Nakshatra"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wealthy / dhanishtha nakshatra".

Dhanishtha is from the Sanskrit Dhaniṣṭhā.

Wealthy / Dhanishtha Nakshatra — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

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

Where Dhanishtha stands.

Dhanishtha 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.

Dhanishthas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dhanishtha 23rd Nakshatra / Vasus / Kalidasa Meghaduta
Sanskrit wealthiest most-prosperous + Dhaniṣṭhā 23rd Nakshatra Śraviṣṭhā most-famous + ruled by Vasus eight-Vasus + symbol Mṛdaṅga drum + Bhagavata Purana + Vishnu Purana + Kalidasas Meghadūta + Ayurvedic + Nakshatra-Kūṭa marriage-matching
Vedic astrology

Names connected to Dhanishtha.

The number behind Dhanishtha.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dhanishtha reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.