Entry № 9724 · Sinhala origin

Sirimavo Sirimavo — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ see-ree-MAH-voh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sinhala
Meaning
"World's first elected female head of government"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern (Sinhala)

A name that means "world's first elected female head of government".

Sirimavo combines the Sinhala siri (auspicious) and the mavo honorific. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-2000) became Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in July 1960 — making her the world's first elected female head of government in history. She served three terms as Prime Minister (1960-65, 1970-77, 1994-2000) and led the Non-Aligned Movement. Her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga later became Sri Lanka's first female President.

Honored on Sri Lankan currency.

World's first elected female head of government — 1960, Sri Lanka.

The name in its native script.

සිරිමාවෝ
Transliteration
Sirimāvō
Pronunciation
/ ˌsɪər.ɪˈmɑː.voʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sirimavo stands.

Sirimavo 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.

Sirimavos before her.

Real people
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
World's first elected female head of government.
1916 – 2000
In fiction
Sirimavo
Sri Lankan political history.

Names connected to Sirimavo.

The number behind Sirimavo.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sirimavo reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.