Entry № 10079 · Sanskrit origin

Sukhmani Sukhmani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sook-MAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Pearl of peace"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Punjabi)

A name that means "pearl of peace".

Sukhmani is from the Punjabi sukh (peace, comfort) + mani (jewel, pearl) — pearl of peace. Sukhmani Sahib is the Sikh prayer composed by the fifth Sikh guru Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563-1606) in c. The 24-section composition (each called an ashtpadi) is recorded in the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy scripture, pages 262-296). The name Sukhmani has become the Sikh feminine name evoking the prayer + spiritual peace. figure in modern Sikh Punjabi diaspora naming.

Pearl of peace (Punjabi).

The name in its native script.

ਸੁਖਮਨੀ
Transliteration
Sukhmanī
Pronunciation
/ sʊkˈmɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sukhmani stands.

Sukhmani 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.

Sukhmanis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sukhmani Sahib
Sikh prayer by Guru Arjan.

Names connected to Sukhmani.

The number behind Sukhmani.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sukhmani reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.