Entry № 8264 · Sanskrit origin

Prahlada Prahlada — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAH-lah-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Great devotion / Prahlada"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "great devotion / prahlada".

Prahlada is from the Sanskrit Prahlādā.

Great devotion / Prahlada — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

प्रह्लादा
Transliteration
Prahlādā
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɑː.lə.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Prahlada stands.

Prahlada 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.

Prahladas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Prahlada Bhagavata Canto 7:1-10 son of Hiranyakashipu / Narasimha Vaishakha-Shukla-Chaturdashi Jayanti / Nava-Vidha-Bhakti 7.5.23-24
Sanskrit joy delight great-bliss + pra- forth + hlāda joy + Prahlāda child-devotee son-of-Hiraṇyakaśipu Bhagavata Canto 7 Chapters 1-10 + Prahlada-Narasiṃha Vishnus-fourth-avatar pillar-slay-Hiranyakashipu Vaishakha-Shukla-Chaturdashi Narasiṃha-Jayantī + Prahlāda-Bhakti + 7.5.23-24 Nava-Vidha-Bhakti Śravaṇa + Kīrtana + Smaraṇa + Pāda-sevana + Arcana + Vandana + Dāsya + Sakhya + Ātma-nivedana
Prahlada Vaishnava

Names connected to Prahlada.

The number behind Prahlada.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Prahlada reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.