Entry № 11260 · Sanskrit origin

Vichara Vichara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vee-CHAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Inquiry / Advaita meditation"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "inquiry / advaita meditation".

Vichara is from the Sanskrit Vicārā.

Inquiry / Advaita meditation — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

विचारा
Transliteration
Vicārā
Pronunciation
/ viːˈtʃɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vichara stands.

Vichara 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.

Vicharas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vichara Advaita Self-inquiry / Ramana Maharshi 1879-1950 Tiruvannamalai / Nan-Yar 1902 Upadesa-Saram 30 verses Sat-Darshanam 40 verses / Nishchaladasa 1791-1863 Vichara-Sagara Vichara-Chudamani / Sadhana-Chatushtaya Adi Shankara
Sanskrit inquiry deep-consideration + vi- + car to move + Vicāra Advaita Vedanta + Ātma-Vicāra Who-am-I Ramana Maharshi 1879-1950 Tiruvannamalai + Nān-Yār 1902 28-questions + Upadesa-Saram 30-verses + Sat-Darshanam 40-verses + Vicāra-Sāgara Niścaladāsa 1791-1863 + Vicāra-Cūḍāmaṇi + Vicāra Sādhana-Catuṣṭaya four-qualifications Advaita Adi Shankaracharya
Ramana Vichara

Names connected to Vichara.

The number behind Vichara.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vichara reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.