Entry № 5227 · Sanskrit origin

Kanyaka Kanyaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAHN-yah-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Maiden / Kanyakumari"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "maiden / kanyakumari".

Kanyaka is from the Sanskrit Kanyakā.

Maiden / Kanyakumari — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कन्यका
Transliteration
Kanyakā
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑːn.jə.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanyaka stands.

Kanyaka 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.

Kanyakas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kanyakumari Amman Shakti Pitha / Kanya-Dana / Navratri Kanya-Puja
Sanskrit maiden young-woman + Kanyā-Kumārī southernmost-tip of Indian mainland Tamil Nadu + Kanyā-Kumārī Amman Devi-Parvati virgin-goddess austerities to win Shiva + Kumari Amman Temple Shakti Pitha + Kanyā-Dāna bride-giving + Navratri Kanya-Pūjā nine-virgin-worship Ashtami
Hindu Devi

Names connected to Kanyaka.

The number behind Kanyaka.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanyaka reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.