Entry № 2254 · Sanskrit origin

Dakshinapati Dakshinapati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHK-shee-nah-PAH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Southern Devi / Dakshina"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "southern devi / dakshina".

Dakshinapati is from the Sanskrit Dakṣiṇāpati.

Southern Devi / Dakshina — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दक्षिणापति
Transliteration
Dakṣiṇāpati
Pronunciation
/ ˌdɑːk.ʃi.nɑːˈpɑː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dakshinapati stands.

Dakshinapati 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.

Dakshinapatis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dakshina priest fee Yajna / Dakshina-Kali south / Dakshina-Murti Shiva south 4 sages Sanaka Sanandana Sanatana Sanatkumara Manasa Putras Brahma / Dakshinayana Karkata July 14 Makara January 14 / Dakshina-Patha Deccan / Dakshina-Marga Vama-Marga / Rigveda 10.107 Dakshina-Sukta 11 verses
Sanskrit of-Southern-Devi + dakṣiṇā south + Dakṣiṇā Vedic-Yajña + Dakṣiṇā-Kāli + Dakṣiṇā-Mūrti Shiva-facing-south Sanaka + Sanandana + Sanātana + Sanatkumāra Manasa-Putras Brahma + Dakṣiṇāyana Karkaṭa-Saṅkrānti July-14 Makara-Saṅkrānti January-14 + Dakṣiṇā-Pathā Deccan + Dakṣiṇā-Mārga + Vāma-Mārga + Rigveda 10.107 Dakṣiṇā-Sūkta 11-verses
Dakshina

Names connected to Dakshinapati.

The number behind Dakshinapati.

5

The Seeker

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