Entry № 6213 · Sanskrit origin

Uddhava Uddhava — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OOD-hah-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Krishnas-cousin-friend / arisen (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
Rank · US 2025
№ None
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "krishnas-cousin-friend / arisen (sanskrit + foundational)".

Uddhava is from the Sanskrit Uddhavā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Uddhava is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Uddhavā risen-arisen Krishnas-cousin-friend + Sanskrit ud up + dhu rise + foundational central Uddhava foundational-central-Sanskrit-arisen Krishnas-friend-Yadava-Vrishni-kinsman + foundational central Uddhava foundational-central-close-friend-cousin of Krishna son-of Devabhāga brother-of Vasudeva-Krishnas-father foundational-central-Yadava-Vrishni-kinsman + foundational central Uddhava-Gīta foundational-central-Uddhava-Krishna-dialogue 4th-part of Bhāgavata Purana Canto 11 Chapters 6-29 24-chapters foundational-central-Bhagavad-Gita-parallel Krishna-taught Uddhava at-Prabhāsa before-leaving-Earth + foundational central Uddhava-Gīta 1099-verses foundational-central-longer-than Bhagavad Gita 700-verses foundational-central-Krishnas-last-teaching + foundational central Uddhava-Gopī-Bhramara-Gīta narrative foundational-central-Uddhava-sent-by-Krishna-from-Dvaraka-to-Vrindavan-to-console-Gopīs-Yashodā-Nanda in-Krishnas-absence Bhāgavata Purana Canto 10 Chapters 46-47 foundational-central-Bhramara-Gīta-verses + foundational central Bhramara-Gīta foundational-central-Gopīs-address-to-bee-Bhramara messenger-of-Uddhava foundational-central-Radhas-Viraha-Bhakti-poem in Bhāgavata Purana Canto 10 Chapter 47 verses-13-21 mad-guṇa-śravaṇaṃ mama gīta-gānaṃ mad-guṇāpekṣā-vākyaṃ foundational-central-Bhramara-Gopi-verse + foundational central Uddhava-Ashtakam by Sri Sanatana Gosvami 16th c. CE + Uddhava-Vairāgya-Gīta + foundational central Śrīmad-Bhāgavata Canto 11 Uddhava-Gīta foundational-central-Krishnas-final-Vedic-teaching Uddhava-Krishna-dialogue at-Prabhāsa-Tīrtha near-Dwarka-Somnath + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 10:37 vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo smi + 10:24 senānīnām ahaṃ skandaḥ + foundational pan-Vaishnava heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

The name in its native script.

Uddhava
Transliteration
Uddhavā
Pronunciation
/ ˈuːd.hə.və /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Uddhava stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ None in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Uddhava · last year
0 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 · —

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1

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Uddhava reduces to one.

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