Entry № 9482 · Sanskrit origin

Shakti Shakti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHAHK-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Divine feminine cosmic energy (Hindu Shaktism)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "divine feminine cosmic energy (hindu shaktism)".

Shakti is from the Sanskrit शक्ति (Śakti — power, energy, capability, divine feminine cosmic energy). Shakti is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Shakta heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu divine-feminine heritage.

Divine feminine cosmic energy (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

शक्ति
Transliteration
Śakti
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɑːk.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shakti stands.

Shakti 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.

Shaktis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Shakti / Adi Parashakti
Divine feminine cosmic energy + primordial Goddess + Shaktism + Shakti Peethas.
Devi Mahatmya

Names connected to Shakti.

The number behind Shakti.

5

The Seeker

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