Entry № 151 · Sanskrit origin

Adhira Adhira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-DEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Restless / lightning"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "restless / lightning".

Adhira is from the Sanskrit Adhīrā.

Restless / lightning — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अधीरा
Transliteration
Adhīrā
Pronunciation
/ əˈdiː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adhira stands.

Adhira 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.

Adhiras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Adhīrā Nāyikā / Natyashastra
Sanskrit restless impetuous lightning + Adhīrā Nāyikā impetuous-heroine type + eight Nāyikās in Bharatas Natyashastra + Indian classical dance
Hindu classical dance

Names connected to Adhira.

The number behind Adhira.

5

The Seeker

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