Entry № 5183 · Sanskrit origin

Kamakhya Kamakhya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-MAHK-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Goddess Kamakhya (Assam Shakti Pitha)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "goddess kamakhya (assam shakti pitha)".

Kamakhya is from the Sanskrit Kāmākhyā.

Goddess Kamakhya (Assam Shakti Pitha) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कामाख्या
Transliteration
Kāmākhyā
Pronunciation
/ kəˈmɑːk.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kamakhya stands.

Kamakhya 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.

Kamakhyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kamakhya Temple Guwahati / Ambubachi Mela ~2.5M pilgrims
Sanskrit one whose desire is fulfilled + Kamakhya Temple Guwahati Assam Shakti Pitha + Satis yoni fell + Yoginī Tantra + Kalika Purana ~10th c. + Ambubachi Mela Goddess Earths menstruation ~2.5 million pilgrims
Assamese Shakta

Names connected to Kamakhya.

The number behind Kamakhya.

8

The Visionary

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