Entry № 6365 · Sanskrit origin

Manasa Manasa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-nah-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mind-born; serpent goddess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mind-born; serpent goddess".

Manasa (मनसा) is the Sanskrit word meaning "mind-born" or "born of the mind" — also the name of the serpent goddess of Bengal, daughter of Shiva, who grants fertility.

Manasa is widely used in India.

Mind-born. The Bengali serpent goddess.

The name in its native script.

मनसा
Transliteration
Manasā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.nə.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manasa stands.

Manasa 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.

Manasas before her.

Real people
Manasa Varanasi
Miss India 2020.
born 1997
In fiction
Manasa
Bengali serpent goddess.
Hindu scripture

Names connected to Manasa.

The number behind Manasa.

4

The Builder

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