Entry № 5232 · Sanskrit origin

Kapila Kapila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-pee-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sage Kapila / Sankhya founder"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sage kapila / sankhya founder".

Kapila is from the Sanskrit Kapilā.

Sage Kapila / Sankhya founder — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कपिला
Transliteration
Kapilā
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.pi.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kapila stands.

Kapila 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.

Kapilas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sankhya darsana / Kapilavastu birthplace of Buddha
Sanskrit Vedic sage founder of Sāṃkhya + six Āstika darśanas Yoga + Nyaya + Vaisheshika + Purva Mimamsa + Vedanta + Sāṃkhya Sūtra + Bhagavata Purana Vishnu incarnation + Kapilavastu birthplace of Buddha
Hindu Sankhya

Names connected to Kapila.

The number behind Kapila.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kapila reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.