Entry № 2692 · Sanskrit origin

Dvaraka Dvaraka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DVAH-rah-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Krishnas city / Dvaraka"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "krishnas city / dvaraka".

Dvaraka is from the Sanskrit Dvārakā.

Krishnas city / Dvaraka — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

द्वारका

Transliteration: Dvārakā
Pronunciation: / ˈdvɑː.rə.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dvaraka stands.

Dvaraka 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

Dvarakas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Dvaraka Krishnas city Saurashtra Gujarat / Vishvakarma / Yadavas Mathura Jarasandha / Char-Dham Badrinath Puri Rameshwaram / submerged

Sanskrit many-gated Krishnas-city + dvāra gate + Dvārakā Krishnas-golden-city Saurashtra Gujarat coast built by Vishvakarma + Krishna migrated Yadavas from Mathura fleeing Jarasandha + Dvārakādhīśa King-of-Dvaraka + Char-Dham Badrinath + Puri + Rameshwaram + Bhagavata Purana Canto 10-11 + Mahabharata + submerged after Krishnas departure

Krishna Dvaraka

Names connected to Dvaraka.

Numerology

The number behind Dvaraka.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dvaraka reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.