Entry № 2280 · Mongolian origin

Sorghaghtani Sorghaghtani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sor-GAHG-tah-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Mongolian
Meaning
"Mother of Kublai Khan (the most remarkable woman)"
Syllables
5
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Mongolian)

A name that means "mother of kublai khan (the most remarkable woman)".

Sorghaghtani Beki (c. 1190-1252) was a **Nestorian Christian Mongol princess** — daughter-in-law of Genghis Khan, **mother of Kublai Khan and three other Great Khans (Möngke, Hulagu, Ariq Böke)**. After her husband Tolui's death, **she refused remarriage and personally educated her four sons**, each of whom would conquer a quarter of the known world. **The 13th-century historian Bar Hebraeus called her "the most remarkable woman in the world."**

Featured in The Secret History of the Mongols.

Mother of Kublai Khan and three other Great Khans. Called 'the most remarkable woman in the world.'

The name in its native script.

Сорхагтани
Transliteration
Sorqaqtani
Pronunciation
/ sɔːrˈɡæɡ.tə.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sorghaghtani stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Sorghaghtani · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Sorghaghtanis before her.

Real people
Sorghaghtani Beki
Mother of Kublai Khan.
c. 1190 – 1252
In fiction
Sorghaghtani
Secret History of the Mongols.

Names connected to Sorghaghtani.

The number behind Sorghaghtani.

1

The Pioneer

Sorghaghtani reduces to one — the number of mother of four khans.

Why families chose this name.

"Most remarkable woman. Eleven letters. Sorghaghtani."
Bolormaa · Mother of one · Karakorum