Entry № 10939 · Sanskrit origin

Upanishad Upanishad — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oo-PAH-nee-shahd /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Sacred sitting / Vedic wisdom"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "sacred sitting / vedic wisdom".

Upanishad is from the Sanskrit Upaniṣad.

Sacred sitting / Vedic wisdom — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

उपनिषद्

Transliteration: Upaniṣad
Pronunciation: / uːˈpɑː.ni.ʃəd /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Upanishad stands.

Upanishad 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.

Namesakes

Upanishads before her.

Real people

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In fiction

108 Upanishads Muktika / 10 major Isha Kena Katha Prashna Mundaka Mandukya Taittiriya Aitareya Chandogya Brihadaranyaka / Adi Shankara 788-820 / 4 Mahavakyas tat tvam asi aham brahmasmi prajnanam brahma ayam atma brahma / Brihadaranyaka oldest 700 BCE 6 adhyayas

Sanskrit sacred-sitting-near secret-teaching + upa- near + ni- down + sad to sit + Upaniṣad Vedantic-scriptures end-of-Vedas Vedānta + 108-principal-Upanishads Muktikā-Canon + 10-major Īśa + Kena + Kaṭha + Praśna + Muṇḍaka + Māṇḍūkya + Taittirīya + Aitareya + Chāndogya + Bṛhadāraṇyaka Adi Shankaracharya 788-820 + Om + Mahāvākyas tat tvam asi + ahaṃ brahmāsmi + prajñānam brahma + ayam ātmā brahma + Bṛhadāraṇyaka oldest ~700 BCE 6-adhyāyas

Vedanta Upanishad

Names connected to Upanishad.

Numerology

The number behind Upanishad.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Upanishad reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.