Entry № 9833 · Sanskrit origin

Snigdha Snigdha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SNIG-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Affectionate / oily-smooth"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "affectionate / oily-smooth".

Snigdha is from the Sanskrit Snigdhā.

Affectionate / oily-smooth — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

स्निग्धा
Transliteration
Snigdhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈsnɪɡ.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Snigdha stands.

Snigdha 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.

Snigdhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ayurveda Snigdha 12 Gurvadi Guna / Kalidasa aesthetics / Bhagavad Gita 18:65
Sanskrit affectionate loving smooth oily + snih to love + Snigdha Gurvādi Dvādaśa Guṇa Ayurvedic twelve-fundamental-qualities + Rūkṣa dry + Charaka + Sushruta + Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam + Sanskrit poetic tender-affection + Kalidasa + Bhagavad Gita 18:65 sarva-guhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ iṣṭo asi me
Ayurveda + aesthetics

Names connected to Snigdha.

The number behind Snigdha.

8

The Visionary

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