Entry № 11099 · Sanskrit origin

Vanadevi Vanadevi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAH-nah-DEH-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Forest-goddess"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "forest-goddess".

Vanadevi is from the Sanskrit Vanadevī.

Forest-goddess — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वनदेवी
Transliteration
Vanadevī
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɑː.nɑːˈdɛ.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vanadevi stands.

Vanadevi 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.

Vanadevis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vana-Durga Devi Mahatmya / Aranyani Rigveda 10.146 Aranyani-Sukta / Vana-Parva Mahabharata
Sanskrit forest-goddess sylvan-Devi + vana forest + devī goddess + Vana-Devī + Vana-Devatā forest-goddesses Vedic + Vana-Durgā form Devi Mahatmya + Aranyāni Rigveda 10.146 Araṇyāni-Sūkta Vedic-Forest-Goddess + Vana-Parva Mahabharata + Ramayana Aranya Kanda + Vṛkṣa-Devī tree-goddess
Vedic forest

Names connected to Vanadevi.

The number behind Vanadevi.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vanadevi reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.