Entry № 5318 · Sanskrit origin

Kaustuba Kaustuba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KOWS-too-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Kaustubha jewel / Vishnu"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "kaustubha jewel / vishnu".

Kaustuba is from the Sanskrit Kaustubhā.

Kaustubha jewel / Vishnu — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कौस्तुभा
Transliteration
Kaustubhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈkaʊs.tuː.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaustuba stands.

Kaustuba 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.

Kaustubas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kaustubha Vishnu chest jewel / 14 treasures Samudra Manthan Kamadhenu Kalpa-Vriksha Uchchaihshravas Chintamani Shankha Lakshmi Chandra Dhanvantari Amrita Sri Varuni Halahala Airavata Kaustubha / Kaustubha-Shrivatsa 2 marks / Jivatman soul Prakriti / Vishnu Sahasranama 215 / Vishvakarma / Rama-Kaustubha Krishna / Bhagavata Vishnu Padma Purana
Sanskrit of-Kaustubha Vishnus-jewel + Kaustubha + Kaustubha Vishnu chest-jewel + 14-treasures Samudra-Manthan Kāmadhenu + Kalpa-Vṛkṣa + Uccaiḥśravā + Cintāmaṇi + Śaṅkha-Pañcajanya + Lakṣmī + Chandra + Dhanvantari + Amṛta + Śrī + Vāruṇī + Halāhala + Airāvata + Kaustubha + Kaustubha-Śrīvatsa Vishnus-chest + Kaustubha Jīvātman + Śrīvatsa Prakṛti + Vishnu-Sahasranama name-215 Kaustubhi + Vishvakarma Kaustubha + Rāma-Kaustubha Krishna + Bhāgavata Purana + Vishnu Purana + Padma Purana
Kaustubha

Names connected to Kaustuba.

The number behind Kaustuba.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaustuba reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.