Entry № 2471 · Sanskrit origin

Dhara Dhara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Earth / support"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "earth / support".

Dhara is from the Sanskrit Dharā.

Earth / support — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

धरा
Transliteration
Dharā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dhara stands.

Dhara 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.

Dharas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dhara Earth / Ashta-Vasus Dhara Anila Anala Apa Prabhasa Pratyusha Soma Dhruva / Vasudhara / Bhu-Devi Vasundhara / Adhara Advaita / Dharana Yoga Sutras 3.1 desa-bandhas chittasya dharana / Dharma-Dharana / Bhu-Sukta Atharvaveda 12.1 63 verses
Sanskrit Earth support upholder + dhṛ to hold + Dharā Earth-epithet + Dhara first-of Aṣṭa-Vasus Anila + Anala + Āpa + Prabhāsa + Pratyūṣa + Soma + Dhruva + Vasudharā + Bhū-Devī + Vasundharā + Adhāra Advaita + Dhāraṇā Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga Patanjali Yoga Sutras 3.1 deśa-bandhaś cittasya dhāraṇā + Dharma-Dhāraṇa + Bhū-Sūkta Atharvaveda 12.1 63-verses
Dhara Vasus

Names connected to Dhara.

The number behind Dhara.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dhara reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.