Entry № 11095 · Sanskrit origin

Vamana Vamana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAH-mah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Vishnu dwarf avatar"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "vishnu dwarf avatar".

Vamana is from the Sanskrit Vāmanā.

Vishnu dwarf avatar — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वामना
Transliteration
Vāmanā
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɑː.mə.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vamana stands.

Vamana 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.

Vamanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vamana Dashavatara / Onam Kerala King Bali / Rigveda 1.154 three steps
Sanskrit dwarf small + fifth of Daśāvatāra ten-incarnations of Vishnu + dwarf-Brahmin defeating Bali three-strides + Bhagavata Purana Canto 8 + Vishnu Purana + Vamana Purana + Onam Kerala King Bali-return + Trivikrama + Rigveda 1.154 Vishnu three-steps
Vaishnava

Names connected to Vamana.

The number behind Vamana.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vamana reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.