Entry № 11667 · Sanskrit origin

Yamishtha Yamishtha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YAH-meesh-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Best restrained / Yoga-Devi"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "best restrained / yoga-devi".

Yamishtha is from the Sanskrit Yamiṣṭhā.

Best restrained / Yoga-Devi — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

यमिष्ठा
Transliteration
Yamiṣṭhā
Pronunciation
/ jɑːˈmiːʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yamishtha stands.

Yamishtha 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.

Yamishthas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Yama first limb Ashtanga Patanjali 2.30 / Maha-Yama Ahimsa Satya Asteya Brahmacharya Aparigraha 2.31 jati-desha-kala-samayanavachchhinnah sarvabhauma maha-vratam / Yamin / Niyama Shaucha Santosha Tapas Svadhyaya Ishvara-pranidhana 2.32 / Bhagavad Gita 6:34
Sanskrit best-restrained supreme-Yamin + yam to restrain + Yama first-limb Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga Patanjali 2.30 + Mahā-Yama Ahiṃsā + Satya + Asteya + Brahmacarya + Aparigraha jāti-deśa-kāla-samayānavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumā mahā-vratam 2.31 + Yamin + Niyama Śauca + Santoṣa + Tapas + Svādhyāya + Īśvarapraṇidhāna 2.32 + Bhagavad Gita 6:34 cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham
Yoga Yama

Names connected to Yamishtha.

The number behind Yamishtha.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yamishtha reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.