Entry № 11093 · Sanskrit origin

Valmiki Valmiki — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAHL-mee-kee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Adi-Kavi / Ramayana-author"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "adi-kavi / ramayana-author".

Valmiki is from the Sanskrit Vālmīkī.

Adi-Kavi / Ramayana-author — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

Valmiki
Transliteration
Vālmīkī
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɑːl.miː.ki /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Valmiki stands.

Valmiki 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.

Valmikis before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Valmiki.

The number behind Valmiki.

5

The Seeker

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