Entry № 520 · Sanskrit origin

Ambalika Ambalika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahm-BAH-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mother of Pandu (Mahabharata)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "mother of pandu (mahabharata)".

Ambalika is from the Sanskrit Ambālikā.

Mother of Pandu (Mahabharata) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अम्बालिका
Transliteration
Ambālikā
Pronunciation
/ ɑːmˈbɑː.li.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ambalika stands.

Ambalika 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.

Ambalikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ambalika mother of Pandu / Mahabharata Niyoga
Sanskrit younger daughter of King of Kashi + wife of Vichitravirya Kuru dynasty + mother of King Pāṇḍu father of Pandavas + Niyoga levirate by Sage Vyasa + Ambika sister
Mahabharata

Names connected to Ambalika.

The number behind Ambalika.

5

The Seeker

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