Entry № 6349 · Sanskrit origin

Mallika Mallika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Jasmine (Mallika Sarabhai - classical dancer + activist)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "jasmine (mallika sarabhai - classical dancer + activist)".

Mallika is from the Sanskrit mallikā (मल्लिका — jasmine flower). Advani).

Jasmine (Mallika Sarabhai - classical dancer + activist) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मल्लिका
Transliteration
Mallikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.lɪ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mallika stands.

Mallika 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.

Mallikas before her.

Real people
Mallika Sarabhai
Indian classical dancer + Mahabharata + Padma Bhushan 2010.
born 1954
In fiction
Mallika
Sanskrit jasmine.

Names connected to Mallika.

The number behind Mallika.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mallika reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.