Entry № 8249 · Sanskrit origin

Prabhavati Prabhavati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAH-bah-vah-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Radiant / possessing brilliance"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "radiant / possessing brilliance".

Prabhavati is from the Sanskrit Prabhāvatī.

Radiant / possessing brilliance — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

प्रभावती
Transliteration
Prabhāvatī
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɑː.bə.və.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Prabhavati stands.

Prabhavati 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.

Prabhavatis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Prabhavati Gupta Vakataka Queen 4th-5th c. / Poona-Riddhapur plates / Kalidasa Malavikagnimitram
Sanskrit possessing-radiance brilliant-one + prabhā radiance + -vatī possessing + Prabhāvatī Guptā Vakataka Queen ~4th-5th c. daughter of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya wife of Rudrasena II 20-year regent + Poona + Riddhapur plates + Kalidasas Mālavikāgnimitram Prabhavati
Vakataka Gupta

Names connected to Prabhavati.

The number behind Prabhavati.

8

The Visionary

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