Entry № 5707 · Sanskrit origin

Lakshmibai Lakshmibai — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LUCK-shmee-bie /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Rani of Jhansi (1857 rebellion)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Sanskrit)

A name that means "rani of jhansi (1857 rebellion)".

Rani Lakshmibai (1828-1858), the Rani of Jhansi, was the legendary Indian queen who led her forces against the British in the 1857 Indian Rebellion — died in battle aged 29.

She remains the iconic symbol of Indian resistance and women's leadership.

The Rani of Jhansi. India's iconic warrior queen.

The name in its native script.

लक्ष्मीबाई
Transliteration
Lakṣmībāī
Pronunciation
/ ˈlʌk.ʃmi.baɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lakshmibai stands.

Lakshmibai 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.

Lakshmibais before her.

Real people
Rani Lakshmibai
Indian warrior queen, Rani of Jhansi.
1828 – 1858
In fiction
Lakshmibai
Heroine of Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.
2019 film

Names connected to Lakshmibai.

The number behind Lakshmibai.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lakshmibai reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.