Entry № 11349 · Sanskrit origin

Vishaakha Vishaakha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vee-SHAAH-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Vishakha Nakshatra / Radhas friend"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "vishakha nakshatra / radhas friend".

Vishaakha is from the Sanskrit Viśākhā. BCE pan-Hindu Buddhist heritage.

BCE pan-Hindu Buddhist heritage

In its original form

The name in its native script.

विशाखा

Transliteration: Viśākhā
Pronunciation: / viːˈʃɑː.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Vishaakha stands.

Vishaakha 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.

Namesakes

Vishaakhas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Vishakha 16th Nakshatra Vaishakha month / Ashta-Sakhi Gopi of Radha Lalita / Buddhist Vishakha Upasika

Sanskrit branched fork-shaped + Viśākhā 16th of 27 Nakshatras + Vaiśākha-Māsa April-May + Vaiśākhī / Baiśākhī Sikh new-year + Viśākhā second-chief-Gopī with Lalitā Aṣṭa-Sakhi eight-primary-Gopis of Radha + Rupa Gosvāmīs Ujjvala-Nīlamaṇi Gaudiya-Vaishnava + Buddhist Viśākhā foremost Upāsikā ~5th c. BCE

Vedic + Gaudiya + Buddhist

Names connected to Vishaakha.

Numerology

The number behind Vishaakha.

The Visionary

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