Entry № 5522 · Sanskrit origin

Kishori Kishori — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kee-SHOH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Young woman (iconic Kishori Amonkar - Hindustani classical)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "young woman (iconic kishori amonkar - hindustani classical)".

Kishori is from the Sanskrit kiśorī (किशोरी — young woman, maiden). Princess Kishori — Hindu heritage naming.

and Hindustani classical music.

Young woman (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

किशोरी
Transliteration
Kiśorī
Pronunciation
/ kɪˈʃoʊ.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kishori stands.

Kishori 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.

Kishoris before her.

Real people
Kishori Amonkar
Iconic Hindustani classical + Padma Vibhushan 2002 + Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.
1932 – 2017
In fiction
Kishori
Sanskrit young woman.

Names connected to Kishori.

The number behind Kishori.

8

The Visionary

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