Entry № 10109 · Sanskrit origin

Sumedha Sumedha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-MEH-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Good intellect (Buddha's previous incarnation)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "good intellect (buddha's previous incarnation)".

Sumedha is from the Sanskrit सुमेधा (Sumedhā — good intellect, wise) — from Sanskrit su (good) + medhā (intellect). Sumedha is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist heritage. Notable bearer: Sumedha Pal Indian writer.

Good intellect (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

सुमेधा
Transliteration
Sumedhā
Pronunciation
/ suːˈmeɪ.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sumedha stands.

Sumedha 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.

Sumedhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sumedha / Sumedha Theri
Previous incarnation of Gautama Buddha + Buddhavamsa Chronicle of the Buddhas + vowed at feet of Dipankara Buddha to become future Buddha + Jataka tales 547 birth-stories + Sumedha Theri Therigatha Verses of Elder Nuns.
Pali Canon

Names connected to Sumedha.

The number behind Sumedha.

8

The Visionary

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