Entry № 5184 · Sanskrit origin

Kamakshi Kamakshi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-MAHK-shee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"She of loving eyes (Kamakshi Temple Kanchipuram)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "she of loving eyes (kamakshi temple kanchipuram)".

Kamakshi is from the Sanskrit कामाक्षी (Kāmākṣī — kāma love/desire + akṣi eye — she of loving eyes, one with desire-filled eyes). Kamakshi is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Shakta heritage.

She of loving eyes (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

कामाक्षी
Transliteration
Kāmākṣī
Pronunciation
/ kəˈmɑːk.ʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kamakshi stands.

Kamakshi 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.

Kamakshis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kamakshi Devi
Form of Parvati + presiding deity of Kamakshi Amman Temple Kanchipuram + Shakti Peetha.
Hindu Shakta tradition

Names connected to Kamakshi.

The number behind Kamakshi.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kamakshi reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.