Entry № 178 · Sanskrit origin

Advaita Advaita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ad-VYE-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Non-duality / Vedanta"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "non-duality / vedanta".

Advaita is from the Sanskrit Advaitā.

Non-duality / Vedanta — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अद्वैता
Transliteration
Advaitā
Pronunciation
/ ədˈvaɪ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Advaita stands.

Advaita 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.

Advaitas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Adi Shankaracharya 8th c. Advaita / 4 Mahavakyas Tat Tvam Asi / Vivekachudamani
Sanskrit non-dual not-two + a- not + dvaita dual + Advaita Vedānta Adi Shankaracharya ~8th c. + 4 Mahāvākyas Tat Tvam Asi + Ahaṃ Brahmāsmi + Prajñānaṃ Brahma + Ayam Ātmā Brahma + Bhāṣyas on Prasthānatrayī + Vivekachudamani + Upadeśa Sāhasrī
Advaita Vedanta

Names connected to Advaita.

The number behind Advaita.

4

The Builder

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