Entry № 4460 · Sanskrit origin

Ikshvaku Ikshvaku — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EEK-shvah-koo /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Ikshvaku dynasty founder (Ramas ancestor)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "ikshvaku dynasty founder (ramas ancestor)".

Ikshvaku is from the Sanskrit Ikṣvāku. CE Buddhist dynasty.

CE Buddhist dynasty

In its original form

The name in its native script.

इक्ष्वाकु

Transliteration: Ikṣvāku
Pronunciation: / ˈiːk.ʃvɑː.kuː /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Ikshvaku stands.

Ikshvaku 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

Ikshvakus before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Ikshvaku Solar Dynasty / Ramas ancestor / Buddhas lineage

Sanskrit founder of Solar Dynasty Sūrya Vaṃśa + son of Vaivasvata Manu + ancestor of Rama + Sagara + Bhagiratha + Dasharatha + Buddha traced to Ikshvaku lineage

Hindu + Buddhist

Names connected to Ikshvaku.

Numerology

The number behind Ikshvaku.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ikshvaku reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.