Entry № 2481 · Sanskrit origin

Dharmavati Dharmavati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHR-mah-vah-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Righteous / possessing dharma"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "righteous / possessing dharma".

Dharmavati is from the Sanskrit Dharmavatī.

Righteous / possessing dharma — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

धर्मवती
Transliteration
Dharmavatī
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɑːr.mə.və.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dharmavati stands.

Dharmavati 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.

Dharmavatis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Purusharthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha / Bhagavad Gita 2:31-33 Kshatriya-dharma / Dharmavati Raga 59th Melakarta
Sanskrit possessing-dharma righteous + dharma righteousness + -vatī possessing + Dharma one-of-four Puruṣārthas + Artha + Kāma + Mokṣa + Manu-Smṛti + Bhagavad Gita 2:31-33 Krishna Kshatriya-dharma Arjuna + Dharmavatī Rāga Carnatic 59th Melakarta + Sanātana Dharma
Hindu Dharma

Names connected to Dharmavati.

The number behind Dharmavati.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dharmavati reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.