Entry № 3040 · Mongolian origin

Erdene Erdene — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ er-DEH-neh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Mongolian
Meaning
"Jewel / treasure (Mongolian heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Mongolian)

A name that means "jewel / treasure (mongolian heritage)".

Erdene is from the Mongolian эрдэнэ (erdene — jewel, treasure, precious). Erdene Ochir — modern Mongolian-American figure. Princess Erdene — modern Mongolian royal heritage naming. The Mongolian-American community has continued to preserve Mongolian heritage names through cultural centers including the Mongolian American Cultural Center in Arlington, Virginia.

Jewel / treasure (Mongolian).

The name in its native script.

Эрдэнэ
Transliteration
Erdene
Pronunciation
/ ɛrˈdɛn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Erdene stands.

Erdene 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.

Erdenes before her.

Real people
Erdenetuya Seree
Mongolian Olympic chess player.
born 1982
In fiction
Erdene Zuu
Mongolian Buddhist monastery + UNESCO.
1585

Names connected to Erdene.

The number behind Erdene.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Erdene reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.