Entry № 8934 · Sanskrit origin

Rukmini Rukmini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROOK-mee-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Krishna's queen (Bharatanatyam revivalist Rukmini Devi)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "krishna's queen (bharatanatyam revivalist rukmini devi)".

Rukmini is a Sanskrit name meaning krishna's queen (bharatanatyam revivalist rukmini devi).

Gold-possessing. Krishna's queen; modern revivalist of Bharatanatyam.

The name in its native script.

रुक्मिणी
Transliteration
Rukmiṇī
Pronunciation
/ ˈrʊk.mi.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rukmini stands.

Rukmini 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.

Rukminis before her.

Real people
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Bharatanatyam revivalist.
1904 – 1986
In fiction
Rukmini
Krishna's queen in the Bhagavata Purana.

Names connected to Rukmini.

The number behind Rukmini.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rukmini reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.