Entry № 7114 · Sanskrit origin

Naiki Naiki — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAI-kee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Defeated Muhammad of Ghor (Solanki queen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Sanskrit)

A name that means "defeated muhammad of ghor (solanki queen)".

Naiki Devi (12th c.) was the dowager queen of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty of Gujarat — regent for her young son Mularaja II. In 1178 CE, she personally led the Gujarati army at the Battle of Kasahrada and decisively defeated Muhammad of Ghorthe only major Indian victory over Ghor, who would later return to conquer northern India after her son's reign.

Featured in Prithviraja Vijaya and other contemporary chronicles.

The only Indian queen to defeat Muhammad of Ghor on the battlefield.

The name in its native script.

नायकी देवी
Transliteration
Nāykī Dēvī
Pronunciation
/ ˈnaɪ.ki /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Naiki stands.

Naiki 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.

Naikis before her.

Real people
Naiki Devi
Solanki queen regent of Gujarat.
12th c.
In fiction
Naiki
Featured in Prithviraja Vijaya.

Names connected to Naiki.

The number behind Naiki.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Naiki reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.