Entry № 7297 · Sanskrit origin

Nayana Nayana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nah-YAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Eye / conduct"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "eye / conduct".

Nayana is from the Sanskrit Nayanā. BCE-6th c.

Eye / conduct — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नयना
Transliteration
Nayanā
Pronunciation
/ nəˈjɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nayana stands.

Nayana 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.

Nayanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ajanta Padmapani Bodhisattva / Nayana Jhaveri Manipuri
Sanskrit eye + nī to lead + Trinetra three-eyed Shiva + Ajanta Cave paintings ~2nd c. BCE-6th c. UNESCO + Padmapani Bodhisattva eye-depiction + Nayana Jhaveri Manipuri classical dancer
Hindu Buddhist art

Names connected to Nayana.

The number behind Nayana.

2

The Peacemaker

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