Entry № 1420 · Sanskrit origin

Bhadrakali Bhadrakali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-drah-KAH-lee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Auspicious-Kali / fierce Devi"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "auspicious-kali / fierce devi".

Bhadrakali is from the Sanskrit Bhadrakālī.

Auspicious-Kali / fierce Devi — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

भद्रकाली

Transliteration: Bhadrakālī
Pronunciation: / ˌbɑːd.rɑːˈkɑː.li /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Bhadrakali stands.

Bhadrakali 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

Bhadrakalis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Bhadrakali Devi from Sati wrath Daksha-Yajna / Virabhadra Bhagavata 4:5-7 / Devi Mahatmya Bhagavata / Bhadrakali-Sahasranama 1000 names / Nava-Durga Shailaputri Brahmacharini Chandraghanta Kushmanda Skandamata Katyayani Kalaratri Mahagauri Siddhidatri 9 Sharad-Navaratri / Kodungallur Kerala Ujjain

Sanskrit auspicious-Kali fierce-Devi + bhadra auspicious + Kālī + Bhadrakālī from Sati-Devi wrath Dakṣa-Yajña + Vīrabhadra Daksha-Yajna Sati-immolation Bhagavata Purana Canto 4 Chapter 5-7 + Devi Mahatmya + Devi Bhagavata + Bhadrakālī-Māhātmya + Bhadrakālī-Sahasranāma 1000-names + Bhadrakālī Nava-Durga Śailaputrī + Brahmacāriṇī + Chandraghaṇṭā + Kūṣmāṇḍā + Skandamātā + Kātyāyanī + Kālarātri + Mahāgaurī + Siddhidātrī + Kodungallur Kerala + Ujjain

Bhadrakali Sati

Names connected to Bhadrakali.

Numerology

The number behind Bhadrakali.

The Builder

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