Entry № 8263 · Sanskrit origin

Pragna Pragna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAHG-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wisdom"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wisdom".

Pragna is from the Sanskrit Prajñā.

Wisdom — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

प्रज्ञा
Transliteration
Prajñā
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɑːɡ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pragna stands.

Pragna 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.

Pragnas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Prajnaparamita / Heart Sutra
Sanskrit wisdom transcendent knowledge + Prajnaparamita Perfection of Wisdom Sutras + Heart Sutra + Diamond Sutra + Hindu Vedantic + Patanjali Yoga + Mahayana Buddhism
Buddhist wisdom

Names connected to Pragna.

The number behind Pragna.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pragna reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.