Entry № 6265 · Sanskrit origin

Mahua Mahua — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-hoo-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred Mahua tree"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sacred mahua tree".

Mahua is from the Sanskrit Mahua.

Sacred Mahua tree — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

महुआ
Transliteration
Mahua
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.huː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahua stands.

Mahua 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.

Mahuas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhil Gond Santhal tribal sacred / Mahua-oil Ayurveda / Mahua Moitra
Sanskrit Madhūka Madhuca longifolia sacred-Mahua-tree + Bhil + Gond + Santhal tribal-cultural + Mahua-flowers traditional-liquor + Ayurvedic + Mahua-oil seeds + Sonpur-Cattle-fair + Mahua Moitra Indian politician + Marathi Mohachiya Panyavar
Tribal Hindu + Ayurveda

Names connected to Mahua.

The number behind Mahua.

8

The Visionary

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