Entry № 9639 · Sanskrit origin

Shubha Shubha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHOO-bhah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Auspicious (Shubha Mudgal - Hindustani classical Padma Shri)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "auspicious (shubha mudgal - hindustani classical padma shri)".

Shubha is from the Sanskrit śubha (शुभ — auspicious, good, beautiful). Shubha Mudgal (born 1959) is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, writer, and Padma Shri recipient — a pioneer of Indian classical-fusion and pop-classical crossover. Her album Ab Ke Sawan (1999) became a work of modern Indian pop-classical fusion — the title song was an MTV India hit with over 100 million views on YouTube. Padma Shri (2000), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1996).

and Hindustani classical music.

Auspicious (Shubha Mudgal - Hindustani classical Padma Shri) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शुभा
Transliteration
Śubhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃuː.bʰə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shubha stands.

Shubha 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.

Shubhas before her.

Real people
Shubha Mudgal
Hindustani classical + pop-classical fusion + Padma Shri 2000.
born 1959
In fiction
Shubha
Sanskrit auspicious.

Names connected to Shubha.

The number behind Shubha.

5

The Seeker

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