Entry № 9645 · Sanskrit origin

Shukla Shukla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHOOK-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"White / bright (Shukla Yajurveda)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "white / bright (shukla yajurveda)".

Shukla is from the Sanskrit Śuklā.

White / bright (Shukla Yajurveda) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शुक्ला
Transliteration
Śuklā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃʊk.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shukla stands.

Shukla 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.

Shuklas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Shukla Yajurveda / Shukla Paksha
Sanskrit white + Shukla Yajurveda White Yajurveda + Madhyandina + Kanva schools + Shukla Paksha waxing fortnight + Holi + Diwali + Krishna Janmashtami
Hindu calendar

Names connected to Shukla.

The number behind Shukla.

9

The Giver

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