Entry № 5268 · Sanskrit origin

Kashmira Kashmira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kahsh-MEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Saffron / from Kashmir"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "saffron / from kashmir".

Kashmira is from the Sanskrit Kāśmīrā.

Saffron / from Kashmir — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

काश्मीरा
Transliteration
Kāśmīrā
Pronunciation
/ kɑːʃˈmiː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Kashmira is built from.

Kashmira is a compound name. Its parts are mirŭ — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

mirŭ
Slavic
“peace, world”

Where Kashmira stands.

Kashmira 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.

Kashmiras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kashyapa Rishi / Kashmir Shaivism
Sanskrit saffron / from Kashmir + Kashyapa Rishi + Nilamata Purana + Kashmir Shaivism Tantric school + Abhinavagupta 950-1016 + Kashmiri saffron + carpet + shawl heritage
Kashmiri heritage

Names connected to Kashmira.

The number behind Kashmira.

8

The Visionary

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