Entry № 1430 · Sanskrit origin

Bhairavi Bhairavi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bhai-RAH-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Fierce form of Durga (Hindu goddess)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "fierce form of durga (hindu goddess)".

Bhairavi (भैरवी) is the feminine of Bhairava — the fierce, terrifying form of Shiva. Also a musical raga.

Used widely in modern India.

Fierce form of Durga (Hindu goddess) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

भैरवी
Transliteration
Bhairavī
Pronunciation
/ baɪˈrɑː.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bhairavi stands.

Bhairavi 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.

Bhairavis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhairavi
Hindu fierce goddess.
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Bhairavi.

The number behind Bhairavi.

7

The Seeker

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