Entry № 9194 · Sanskrit origin

Sankalpa Sankalpa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sahn-KAHL-pah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Resolve / intention (Vedic ritual)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "resolve / intention (vedic ritual)".

Sankalpa is from the Sanskrit Saṅkalpā.

Resolve / intention (Vedic ritual) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

सङ्कल्पा

Transliteration: Saṅkalpā
Pronunciation: / sənˈkɑːl.pə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Sankalpa stands.

Sankalpa 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.

Namesakes

Sankalpas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Hindu sankalpa puja / Buddhist adhiṣṭhāna

Sanskrit resolve intention + Saṅkalpa opening declaration of Hindu puja + yajna sacrificial intention + Yoga Sutras + Buddhist adhiṣṭhāna + Hindu Buddhist Jain heritage

Hindu ritual

Names connected to Sankalpa.

Numerology

The number behind Sankalpa.

The Communicator

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