Entry № 4767 · Sanskrit origin

Jagadamba Jagadamba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jah-gah-DAHM-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mother of universe"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "mother of universe".

Jagadamba is from the Sanskrit Jagadambā.

Mother of universe — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

जगदम्बा
Transliteration
Jagadambā
Pronunciation
/ ˌdʒɑː.ɡəˈdɑːm.bə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Jagadamba stands.

Jagadamba 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.

Jagadambas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Jagadamba Mata Mahur-gad Shakti Pitha / Devi Mahatmya / Adya-Shakti / Amba Bhavani Katyayani
Sanskrit Mother-of-Universe cosmic-Mother + jagat universe + ambā mother + Jagadambā Devi-Durga-Parvati Universal-Mother + Jagadambā Mata Mahur-gad Maharashtra Śakti Pīṭha + Devi Mahatmya + Devi Bhagavata + Adyā-Śakti Shaktism + Amba + Bhavānī + Kātyāyanī + Ambā-Vidyā Sri Vidya
Shakta Jagadamba

Names connected to Jagadamba.

The number behind Jagadamba.

4

The Builder

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