Entry № 9483 · Sanskrit origin

Shakuntala Shakuntala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shah-koon-TAH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Kalidasa Sanskrit play heroine"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "kalidasa sanskrit play heroine".

Shakuntala is from the Sanskrit Śakuntalā (शकुन्तला — protected by birds). Princess Shakuntala — Sanskrit heritage naming.

Protected by birds (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

शकुन्तला
Transliteration
Śakuntalā
Pronunciation
/ ʃəˌkuːnˈtɑː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shakuntala stands.

Shakuntala 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.

Shakuntalas before her.

Real people
Shakuntala Devi
Iconic Indian mathematician + Human Computer.
1929 – 2013
In fiction
Shakuntala (Kalidasa)
Sanskrit play heroine.

Names connected to Shakuntala.

The number behind Shakuntala.

9

The Giver

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