Entry № 4832 · Sanskrit origin

Jashoda Jashoda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jah-SHOH-dah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Krishnas foster-mother (Yashoda alt)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "krishnas foster-mother (yashoda alt)".

Jashoda is from the Sanskrit Jaśodā.

Krishnas foster-mother (Yashoda alt) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

जशोदा

Transliteration: Jaśodā
Pronunciation: / dʒəˈʃoʊ.də /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Jashoda stands.

Jashoda 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

Jashodas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Yashoda foster-mother of Krishna / Bhagavata Purana Book 10

Sanskrit giver of fame + Yashoda foster-mother of Krishna + wife of Nanda + Krishna-Janmashtami + Bhagavata Purana Book 10 + Bala-Lila + Yashodhas Vision cosmic-vision in Krishnas mouth

Krishna bhakti

Names connected to Jashoda.

Numerology

The number behind Jashoda.

The Builder

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