Entry № 5202 · Sanskrit origin

Kanak Kanak — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-nahk /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Gold"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "gold".

Kanak is from the Sanskrit Kanaka.

Gold — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कनक
Transliteration
Kanaka
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.nək /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanak stands.

Kanak 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.

Kanaks before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kanakadhara Stotram / Hiranyagarbha
Kanakadhara Stotram Hymn to Goddess of Wealth + Adi Shankaracharya 8th c. + Hiranyagarbha Golden Womb Rigveda 10.121 + Lakshmi + Diwali
Hindu hymnody

Names connected to Kanak.

The number behind Kanak.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanak reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.