Entry № 9470 · Sanskrit origin

Shailaja Shailaja — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shy-LAH-jah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Daughter of mountain (Parvati)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "daughter of mountain (parvati)".

Shailaja is from the Sanskrit Śailajā. CE Sanskrit epic on Parvatis marriage.

CE Sanskrit epic on Parvatis marriage

The name in its native script.

शैलजा
Transliteration
Śailajā
Pronunciation
/ ʃaɪˈlɑː.dʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shailaja stands.

Shailaja 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.

Shailajas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Parvati / Kalidasa Kumarasambhava
Sanskrit mountain-daughter + Parvati mountain goddess + daughter of Himavan + Devi Mahatmya + Kalidasas Kumarasambhava ~5th c. CE Sanskrit epic on Parvatis marriage
Hindu Devi

Names connected to Shailaja.

The number behind Shailaja.

7

The Seeker

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