Entry № 5151 · Sanskrit origin

Kalika Kalika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bud / Kali"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bud / kali".

Kalika is from the Sanskrit Kalikā.

Bud / Kali — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कलिका
Transliteration
Kalikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.li.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kalika stands.

Kalika 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.

Kalikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kalika Purana / Kali Puja Diwali night
Sanskrit bud unopened-flower + epithet of Kali + Kalika Purana Sanskrit Upapurana ~10th c. + Kamakhya-Kalika + Devi Mahatmya + Kali Puja Diwali night
Bengali Shakta

Names connected to Kalika.

The number behind Kalika.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalika reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.