Entry № 9977 · Sanskrit origin

Srikandi Srikandi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sree-KAHN-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mahabharata warrior princess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mahabharata warrior princess".

Srikandi is from the Sanskrit Śikhaṇḍī (शिखण्डी) — the Mahabharata warrior — adopted in Indonesian-Javanese tradition as the Srikandi. The Srikandi name has become the modern Indonesian metaphor for women warriors — used for Indonesian female military pilots, athletes, and political activists. figure in modern Indonesian feminist cultural identity.

Mahabharata warrior princess (Sanskrit-Javanese).

The name in its native script.

Srikandi
Transliteration
Srikandi
Pronunciation
/ sriːˈkɑːn.di /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Srikandi stands.

Srikandi 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.

Srikandis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Srikandi (Mahabharata)
Mahabharata warrior princess.

Names connected to Srikandi.

The number behind Srikandi.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Srikandi reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.