Entry № 7631 · Sanskrit origin

Nupur Nupur — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NOO-poor /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Anklet"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "anklet".

Nupur is from the Sanskrit Nūpura. CE central anklet of Kannagi pan-Indian classical-dance heritage.

CE central anklet of Kannagi pan-Indian classical-dance heritage

The name in its native script.

नूपुर
Transliteration
Nūpura
Pronunciation
/ ˈnuː.pʊr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nupur stands.

Nupur 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.

Nupurs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Silappatikaram / Kannagi
Sanskrit anklet + Ghungroo dance ankle-bells + Bharatanatyam + Kathak + Odissi + Silappatikaram Tamil epic ~2nd c. CE + Kannagi anklet narrative
Indian classical dance

Names connected to Nupur.

The number behind Nupur.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nupur reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.