Entry № 1094 · Sanskrit, Khmer origin

Indradevi Indradevi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ in-drah-DEH-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit, Khmer
Meaning
"Khmer queen and Sanskrit scholar (Jayavarman VII's wife)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Sanskrit)

A name that means "khmer queen and sanskrit scholar (jayavarman vii's wife)".

Indradevi combines the Sanskrit Indra and devi (goddess). **The Khmer queen and chief consort of King Jayavarman VII** — the great builder of the Khmer Empire who built Angkor Thom and the Bayon. **A renowned Sanskrit scholar and Buddhist devotee**, Indradevi taught at the royal court and composed the famous Phimeanakas inscription mourning her sister Jayarajadevi (the king's first wife). **One of the few female-authored inscriptions in the Khmer corpus.**

Featured in Khmer royal inscriptions.

Khmer queen-scholar. Composed one of the few female-authored Sanskrit inscriptions of the Khmer Empire.

The name in its native script.

इन्द्रदेवी
Transliteration
Indradevī
Pronunciation
/ ˌɪn.drəˈdɛ.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Indradevi stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Indradevi · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Indradevis before her.

Real people
Indradevi
Khmer queen consort of Jayavarman VII.
12th c.
In fiction
Indradevi
Phimeanakas inscription.

Names connected to Indradevi.

The number behind Indradevi.

2

The Diplomat

Indradevi reduces to two — the number of Khmer queen-scholar.

Why families chose this name.

"Khmer queen-scholar. Nine letters. Indradevi."
Sopheap · Mother of one · Angkor