Entry № 6400 · Sanskrit origin

Manjulika Manjulika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mahn-JOO-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sweet / charming"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sweet / charming".

Manjulika is from the Sanskrit Mañjulikā.

Sweet / charming — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मञ्जुलिका
Transliteration
Mañjulikā
Pronunciation
/ mənˈdʒuː.li.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manjulika stands.

Manjulika 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.

Manjulikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kalidasa aesthetic / Bhool Bhulaiyaa Manjulika 2007
Sanskrit sweet charming pleasing-to-heart + mañjul pleasing + Kalidasas Sanskrit poetic + Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2007 Manjulika portrayed by Vidya Balan + Indian cinema
Hindu aesthetics + Bollywood

Names connected to Manjulika.

The number behind Manjulika.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Manjulika reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.