Entry № 11012 · Sanskrit origin

Uttarayana Uttarayana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OOT-tah-rah-YAH-nah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Northern-progress / Suns turn"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "northern-progress / suns turn".

Uttarayana is from the Sanskrit Uttarāyaṇa.

Northern-progress / Suns turn — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

उत्तरायण

Transliteration: Uttarāyaṇa
Pronunciation: / ˌʊt.tə.rɑːˈjɑː.nə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Uttarayana stands.

Uttarayana 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

Uttarayanas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Uttarayana 6 months Makara-Sankranti Jan 14 to Karkata-Sankranti July 14 / Dakshinayana 6 months south / Devayana gods Pitryana ancestors / Bhagavad Gita 8:24-25 agnir jyotir ahah shuklah / Bhishma waited Anushasana Parva

Sanskrit northern-progress of Sun + uttara north + ayana path + Uttarāyaṇa 6-month-northward-progress Makara-Saṅkrānti January-14 to-Karkaṭa-Saṅkrānti July-14 + Dakṣiṇāyana 6-month-southward + Uttarāyaṇa Devayāna + Dakṣiṇāyana Pitṛyāṇa + Bhagavad Gita 8:24-25 agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam + Bhīṣma-Pitāmaha Mahabharata Anushasana Parva

Uttarayana Bhishma

Names connected to Uttarayana.

Numerology

The number behind Uttarayana.

The Seeker

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