Entry № 11123 · Sanskrit origin

Varada Varada — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vah-RAH-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Boon-giving (Varada Mudra deity gesture)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "boon-giving (varada mudra deity gesture)".

Varada is from the Sanskrit वरदा (Varadā — boon-giving, bestower of blessings) — from Sanskrit vara (boon/gift) + dā (giver). Varada is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu iconographic heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu iconographic heritage.

Boon-giving (Varada Mudra deity gesture) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वरदा
Transliteration
Varadā
Pronunciation
/ vəˈrɑː.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Varada stands.

Varada 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.

Varadas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Varada Mudra
Boon-Granting Gesture + one of most-common Hindu + Buddhist iconographic gestures + Vishnu + Shiva + Saraswati + Lakshmi + Avalokiteshvara + Tara depictions.
Hindu + Buddhist iconography

Names connected to Varada.

The number behind Varada.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Varada reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.