Entry № 5217 · Sanskrit origin

Kanika Kanika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-NEE-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Atomic particle / small"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "atomic particle / small".

Kanika is from the Sanskrit Kaṇikā.

Atomic particle / small — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कणिका
Transliteration
Kaṇikā
Pronunciation
/ kəˈniː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanika stands.

Kanika 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.

Kanikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vaisheshika atomism / Kanada
Sanskrit Kaṇikā + Vaisheshika atomism school + Kanada 6th c. BCE founder + one of six classical Hindu philosophical darshanas + Indian philosophical heritage
Indian philosophy

Names connected to Kanika.

The number behind Kanika.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanika reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.