Entry № 10885 · Sanskrit origin

Ujjwala Ujjwala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oo-JWAH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bright / luminous (Modi Ujjwala Yojana)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bright / luminous (modi ujjwala yojana)".

Ujjwala is from the Sanskrit Ujjvalā.

Bright / luminous (Modi Ujjwala Yojana) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

उज्ज्वला
Transliteration
Ujjvalā
Pronunciation
/ ʊˈdʒwɑː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ujjwala stands.

Ujjwala 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.

Ujjwalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ujjvala Nilamani / PM Ujjwala Yojana
Sanskrit bright luminous + Ujjvala Nilamani Vaishnava aesthetics by Rupa Goswami ~16th c. + PM Ujjwala Yojana 2016 ~96 million poor women free LPG
Hindu + Indian development

Names connected to Ujjwala.

The number behind Ujjwala.

6

The Nurturer

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