Entry № 2697 · Sanskrit origin

Dwija Dwija — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DWEE-jah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Twice-born"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "twice-born".

Dwija is from the Sanskrit Dvijā.

Twice-born — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

द्विजा

Transliteration: Dvijā
Pronunciation: / ˈdwiː.dʒə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dwija stands.

Dwija 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

Dwijas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Upanayana / Manusmriti

Sanskrit twice-born + Brahmana Kshatriya Vaishya varnas + Upanayana sacred-thread ceremony second birth into Vedic study + Manusmriti + Hindu ritual-initiatory heritage

Hindu ritual

Names connected to Dwija.

Numerology

The number behind Dwija.

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dwija reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.