Entry № 6372 · Sanskrit origin

Mandana Mandana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mahn-DAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Adornment / Mandana Mishra"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "adornment / mandana mishra".

Mandana is from the Sanskrit Maṇḍanā.

Adornment / Mandana Mishra — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मण्डना
Transliteration
Maṇḍanā
Pronunciation
/ mənˈdɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mandana stands.

Mandana 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.

Mandanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mandana Mishra 8th c. / Mandana-Shankara Debate Ubhaya Bharati / Rajasthani Mandana art
Sanskrit adornment ornament + maṇḍ to adorn + Maṇḍana Miśra 8th c. Mimamsa-Vedanta philosopher husband-of-Sarasavani-Ubhaya Bharati + Maṇḍana-Śaṅkara Śāstrārtha philosophical-debate Adi Shankaracharya Bharati judge + Brahma-Siddhi by Mandana Mishra + Rajasthani Maṇḍana wall-art bridal
Advaita debate

Names connected to Mandana.

The number behind Mandana.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mandana reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.