Entry № 5266 · Sanskrit origin

Karunya Karunya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-ROON-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Compassion (Buddhist Karuna)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "compassion (buddhist karuna)".

Karunya is from the Sanskrit Kāruṇya.

Compassion (Buddhist Karuna) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कारुण्य
Transliteration
Kāruṇya
Pronunciation
/ kəˈruːn.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Karunya stands.

Karunya 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.

Karunyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Buddhist Brahmavihara / Avalokiteshvara / Karuna Rasa
Sanskrit compassion mercy + Karuṇā one of four Brahmavihāra + Mettā + Muditā + Upekkhā + Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva of Compassion + Karuna Rasa Bharatas Natyashastra
Hindu Buddhist

Names connected to Karunya.

The number behind Karunya.

1

The Leader

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