Entry № 7010 · Sanskrit origin

Mridula Mridula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MRID-oo-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Tender / soft"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "tender / soft".

Mridula is from the Sanskrit मृदुला (Mṛdulā — tender, soft, delicate, gentle) — from Sanskrit mṛdu (soft/gentle). Mridula is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu tenderness heritage.

Tender / soft (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

मृदुला
Transliteration
Mṛdulā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmrɪd.uː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mridula stands.

Mridula 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.

Mridulas before her.

Real people
Mridula Sinha
Indian author + former Governor of Goa 2014-2019 + pioneering Indian Bhojpuri literature.
1942 – 2020
In fiction
Mridula Sarabhai
Indian Independence activist + pioneering Indian feminist + daughter of Ambalal Sarabhai + sister of Vikram Sarabhai father of Indian space program.
1911 – 1974

Names connected to Mridula.

The number behind Mridula.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mridula reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.