Entry № 4694 · Sanskrit origin

Ishtadeva Ishtadeva — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EESH-tah-DEH-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Chosen deity"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "chosen deity".

Ishtadeva is from the Sanskrit Iṣṭadevā.

Chosen deity — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

इष्टदेवा
Transliteration
Iṣṭadevā
Pronunciation
/ ˈiːʃ.təˈdɛ.və /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ishtadeva stands.

Ishtadeva 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.

Ishtadevas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ishta-Devata personal deity / Bhagavad Gita 7:21-22 / Krishna Rama Shiva Devi Ganesha Kartikeya Hanuman / Kula-Devata Griha-Devata
Sanskrit chosen-deity personal-God + iṣṭa desired + devā deity + Iṣṭa-Devatā chosen-personal-deity + Bhagavad Gita 7:21-22 yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitum icchati + Krishna + Rama + Shiva + Devi + Ganesha + Kartikeya + Hanuman + Kula-Devatā family + Gṛha-Devatā household
Bhakti Ishta

Names connected to Ishtadeva.

The number behind Ishtadeva.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ishtadeva reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.