Entry № 2221 · Sanskrit origin

Dadhichi Dadhichi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ dah-DEE-chee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Rishi Dadhichi / Vajra sacrifice"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "rishi dadhichi / vajra sacrifice".

Dadhichi is from the Sanskrit Dadhīcī.

Rishi Dadhichi / Vajra sacrifice — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

दधीची

Transliteration: Dadhīcī
Pronunciation: / dəˈdiː.tʃi /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dadhichi stands.

Dadhichi 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

Dadhichis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Dadhichi Vajra bones / Rigveda 1.84 / Vritra slaying

Sanskrit fem-Rishi-Dadhichi + Vedic sage sacrificed body-bones to Indra for creating Vajra thunderbolt-weapon to slay Vṛtra + Rigveda 1.84 + 1.116-119 + Mahabharata + Bhagavata Purana + Dadhīci Kunḍ Naimisharanya + self-sacrifice-for-cosmic-good

Vedic sacrifice

Names connected to Dadhichi.

Numerology

The number behind Dadhichi.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dadhichi reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.