Entry № 8562 · Sanskrit origin

Ratna Ratna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAHT-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Jewel, gemstone"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "jewel, gemstone".

Ratna (रत्न) is the Sanskrit word for "jewel" or "gemstone" — used widely across Hindu-influenced cultures including Indonesia and India. The Triratna ("Three Jewels") are the concepts of Buddhism.

Ratna is widely used in Indonesia and India.

Jewel. The Hindu-Buddhist gem.

The name in its native script.

रत्न
Transliteration
Ratna
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑːt.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ratna stands.

Ratna 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.

Ratnas before her.

Real people
Ratna Sari Dewi Soekarno
Japanese wife of Indonesia's President Sukarno.
born 1940
In fiction
Ratna
Common in Indonesian and Indian fiction.

Names connected to Ratna.

The number behind Ratna.

9

The Giver

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