Entry № 9596 · Sanskrit origin

Shobha Shobha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHOH-bhah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Splendor (iconic Shobha De Indian author)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "splendor (iconic shobha de indian author)".

Shobha is from the Sanskrit śobhā (शोभा — splendor, beauty, brilliance). Princess Shobha — Sanskrit-Hindu heritage naming.

and Indian English-language literature.

Splendor (iconic Shobha De Indian author) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शोभा
Transliteration
Śobhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃoʊ.bʰə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shobha stands.

Shobha 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.

Shobhas before her.

Real people
Shobha De
Iconic Indian author + Stardust magazine founder.
born 1948
Shobha Naidu
Indian Kuchipudi dancer + Padma Shri 2001.
1955 – 2020
In fiction
Shobha
Sanskrit splendor.

Names connected to Shobha.

The number behind Shobha.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shobha reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.