Entry № 11068 · Sanskrit origin

Vaishali Vaishali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vai-SHAH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ancient city (Vaishali Lichchhavi republic Buddhist heritage)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "ancient city (vaishali lichchhavi republic buddhist heritage)".

Vaishali is from the Sanskrit वैशाली (Vaiśālī — spacious, prosperous). Vaishali is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist + Jain heritage.

Ancient city (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

वैशाली
Transliteration
Vaiśālī
Pronunciation
/ vaɪˈʃɑː.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vaishali stands.

Vaishali 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.

Vaishalis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vaishali
Ancient Indian capital + Lichchhavi republic + birthplace of Mahavira + Second Buddhist Council + Amrapali.

Names connected to Vaishali.

The number behind Vaishali.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vaishali reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.