Entry № 5212 · Sanskrit origin

Kanchi Kanchi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAHN-chee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Kanchipuram / girdle"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "kanchipuram / girdle".

Kanchi is from the Sanskrit Kāñcī.

Kanchipuram / girdle — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

काञ्ची
Transliteration
Kāñcī
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑːn.tʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanchi stands.

Kanchi 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.

Kanchis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kanchipuram Mokshapuri / Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shankara
Sanskrit golden-girdle + Kāñcīpuram one of seven Mokshapuris + Ayodhya + Mathura + Haridwar + Varanasi + Ujjain + Dwarka + Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Shankaracharya ~8th c. + Ekambareshwar + Kamakshi Amman
Hindu pilgrimage

Names connected to Kanchi.

The number behind Kanchi.

1

The Leader

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