Entry № 452 · Sanskrit origin

Alka Alka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHL-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Beautiful tresses (Mount Alaka)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "beautiful tresses (mount alaka)".

Alka is from the Sanskrit Alakā.

Beautiful tresses (Mount Alaka) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अलका

Transliteration: Alakā
Pronunciation: / ˈɑːl.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Alka stands.

Alka 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

Alkas before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Mount Alaka / Meghaduta

Mythological capital of Kubera god of wealth on Mount Mandara + Mahabharata + Ramayana + Kalidasas Meghaduta Cloud Messenger ~4th-5th c. + Sanskrit lyric poetry

Sanskrit poetry

Names connected to Alka.

Numerology

The number behind Alka.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alka reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.