Entry № 6877 · Sanskrit origin

Minakshi Minakshi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mee-NAHK-shee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Fish-eyed (Madurai Meenakshi Temple)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "fish-eyed (madurai meenakshi temple)".

Minakshi is from the Sanskrit मीनाक्षी (Mīnākṣī — fish-eyed) — from Sanskrit mīna (fish) + akṣi (eye). Minakshi is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu heritage. BCE + rebuilt 17th c. BCE-16th c.

Fish-eyed (Madurai Meenakshi Temple) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मीनाक्षी
Transliteration
Mīnākṣī
Pronunciation
/ miːˈnɑːk.ʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Minakshi stands.

Minakshi 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.

Minakshis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Goddess Meenakshi
Hindu goddess + avatar of Parvati + consort of Sundareswarar / Shiva + Meenakshi Amman Temple Madurai + 14 gopuram towers + 33,000 sculptures + ~6th c. BCE + Nayak rebuild + Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival.
Tamil Hindu tradition

Names connected to Minakshi.

The number behind Minakshi.

3

The Communicator

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