Entry № 2487 · Sanskrit origin

Dhrishtaketu Dhrishtaketu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DREESH-tah-KEH-too /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bold-banner / Mahabharata"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bold-banner / mahabharata".

Dhrishtaketu is from the Sanskrit Dhṛṣṭaketu.

Bold-banner / Mahabharata — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

धृष्टकेतु
Transliteration
Dhṛṣṭaketu
Pronunciation
/ ˌdriːʃ.tɑːˈkɛ.tuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dhrishtaketu stands.

Dhrishtaketu 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.

Dhrishtaketus before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dhrishtaketu son of Dhrishtadyumna Draupadi brother Chedi king Kekaya / Pandava side Kurukshetra / Drupada Yajna Shikhandi / killed by Karna Drona 21 Karna 68 / Bhagavad Gita 1:5 dhrishtaketush chekitanah kashirajash cha viryavan / Shishupala son also
Sanskrit bold-banner brave-flag + dhṛṣṭa bold + ketu banner + Dhṛṣṭaketu son-of Draupadis-brother Dhṛṣṭadyumna Mahabharata + King-of-Kekaya Chedi Pāṇḍava-side Kurukshetra + Draupadi + Dhṛṣṭadyumna generalissimo + Śikhaṇḍī Drupada Yajña + Karṇa Mahabharata Drona Parva 21 + Karna Parva 68 + Bhagavad Gita 1:5 dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān + Dhṛṣṭaketu-Śiśupāla
Dhrishtaketu

Names connected to Dhrishtaketu.

The number behind Dhrishtaketu.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dhrishtaketu reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.