Entry № 2684 · Sanskrit origin

Durga Durga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DOOR-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Invincible, fortress"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "invincible, fortress".

Durga (दुर्गा) means "the invincible" or "the impassable" in Sanskrit. She is the Hindu warrior goddess — the fierce protective form of Parvati, slayer of the buffalo demon Mahishasura.

Durga is celebrated during Navratri and Durga Puja — the most important Hindu festivals in Bengal.

Invincible. The warrior goddess.

The name in its native script.

दुर्गा
Transliteration
Durgā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʊər.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Durga stands.

Durga 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.

Durgas before her.

Real people
Durga Khote
Indian actress.
1905 – 1991
In fiction
Durga
Hindu warrior goddess.
Hindu scriptures

Names connected to Durga.

The number behind Durga.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Durga reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.