Entry № 11310 · Sanskrit origin

Vimala Vimala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VIM-ah-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Pure (Jain Vimalanatha + Buddhist Vimalakirti)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "pure (jain vimalanatha + buddhist vimalakirti)".

Vimala is from the Sanskrit विमला (Vimalā — pure, stainless, spotless, immaculate) — from Sanskrit vi- (without) + mala (impurity). Vimala is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Indian religious heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting pan-Indian purity heritage.

Pure (Jain Vimalanatha + Buddhist Vimalakirti) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

विमला
Transliteration
Vimalā
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɪm.ə.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vimala stands.

Vimala 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.

Vimalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vimalanatha + Vimalakirti
Jain 13th Tirthankara + Vimalakirti Sutra Mahayana Buddhist layman bodhisattva + Vimala Temple Puri Jagannath 18 Shakti Peethas.
Jain + Buddhist + Hindu

Names connected to Vimala.

The number behind Vimala.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vimala reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.