Entry № 6355 · Sanskrit origin

Mamata Mamata — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-MAH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Affection / maternal-love"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "affection / maternal-love".

Mamata is from the Sanskrit Mamatā.

Affection / maternal-love — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ममता
Transliteration
Mamatā
Pronunciation
/ məˈmɑː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mamata stands.

Mamata 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.

Mamatas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 3:30 / Mamata Banerjee West Bengal CM
Sanskrit mine-ness affection maternal-love + mama mine + Bhagavad Gita 3:30 nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ without-mine-ness + Mamata Banerjee 1955- Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011
Hindu + Indian politics

Names connected to Mamata.

The number behind Mamata.

4

The Builder

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