Entry № 6687 · Sanskrit origin

Megha Megha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEH-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Cloud"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "cloud".

Megha (मेघा) is the Sanskrit word for "cloud" — particularly the rain-bringing monsoon clouds. Kalidasa's 5th-century Sanskrit poem Meghaduta ("The Cloud Messenger") is one of India's most beloved literary works.

Megha is widely used across India.

Cloud. Kalidasa's Cloud Messenger.

The name in its native script.

मेघा
Transliteration
Meghā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛɡ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Megha stands.

Megha 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.

Meghas before her.

Real people
Megha Akash
Indian actress.
born 1995
In fiction
Megha
Common in Indian films.

Names connected to Megha.

The number behind Megha.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Megha reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.