Entry № 2472 · Sanskrit origin

Dharani Dharani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAH-rah-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Earth / Buddhist mantra"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "earth / buddhist mantra".

Dharani is from the Sanskrit Dhāraṇī.

Earth / Buddhist mantra — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

धारणी

Transliteration: Dhāraṇī
Pronunciation: / ˈdɑː.rə.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dharani stands.

Dharani 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.

Namesakes

Dharanis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Buddhist Dhāraṇī / Nīlakaṇṭha Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya

Sanskrit earth + Buddhist mystical-mantra retention + dhṛ to hold + Bhumi-Devi + Mahayana Dhāraṇī tradition + Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī + Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya + East Asian Buddhism protective-mantras

Hindu Buddhist mantra

Names connected to Dharani.

Numerology

The number behind Dharani.

The Leader

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