Entry № 11718 · Sanskrit origin

Yashomati Yashomati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yah-SHOH-mah-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Famous / glorious (foster-mother of Krishna)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "famous / glorious (foster-mother of krishna)".

Yashomati is from the Sanskrit यशोमती (Yaśomatī — yaśas fame/glory + matī possessing — possessor of fame, glorious one). Yashomati is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Vaishnava heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu Vaishnava heritage.

Famous / glorious (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

यशोमती
Transliteration
Yaśomatī
Pronunciation
/ jəˈʃoʊ.mə.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yashomati stands.

Yashomati 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.

Yashomatis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Yashoda / Yashomati
Foster-mother of Krishna + wife of Nanda + Bhagavata Purana + central to Krishna bhakti.
Bhagavata Purana

Names connected to Yashomati.

The number behind Yashomati.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yashomati reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.