Entry № 5316 · Sanskrit origin

Kaushalya Kaushalya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kow-SHAHL-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Skillful / Ramas mother (Ramayana)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "skillful / ramas mother (ramayana)".

Kaushalya is from the Sanskrit Kauśalyā.

Skillful / Ramas mother (Ramayana) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कौशल्या
Transliteration
Kauśalyā
Pronunciation
/ kaʊˈʃɑːl.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaushalya stands.

Kaushalya 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.

Kaushalyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kaushalya mother of Rama / Koshala Kingdom
Sanskrit skillful princess of Koshala + chief-queen of Dasharatha + mother of Rama + Valmiki Ramayana + Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas + Kamban Ramavataram + Koshala Kingdom mahājanapada + Buddhist Kauśalya skill-in-means
Ramayana

Names connected to Kaushalya.

The number behind Kaushalya.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaushalya reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.