Entry № 10148 · Sanskrit origin

Suprabha Suprabha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-PRAH-bhah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Great radiance / Suryas wife"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "great radiance / suryas wife".

Suprabha is from the Sanskrit Suprabhā.

Great radiance / Suryas wife — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सुप्रभा
Transliteration
Suprabhā
Pronunciation
/ suːˈprɑː.bhə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Suprabha stands.

Suprabha 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.

Suprabhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Suprabha wife of Surya / Bhavishya Skanda Purana / mother of Prabhata / daughters of Naga-Vasuki Mahabharata Adi 25 Sarpa-Sattra / Venkatesha-Suprabhatam Prativadi Bhayankara Anna 15th c. 30 verses
Sanskrit great-radiance beautiful-light + su- good + prabhā radiance + Suprabhā wife-of Sūrya + Bhavishya Purana + Skanda Purana + mother of Prabhāta Sūrya + daughter of Nāga-king Vāsuki + Mahabharata Adi Parva 25 Sarpa-Sattra + Suprabhata-Stotram + Venkatesha-Suprabhatam Prativādi Bhayaṅkara Anna 15th c. 30-verses Sri-Vaishnava Venkateshvara-Balaji
Suprabha Surya

Names connected to Suprabha.

The number behind Suprabha.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Suprabha reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.