Entry № 5623 · Sanskrit origin

Kumari Kumari — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KOO-mah-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Princess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "princess".

Kumari is from the Sanskrit kumārī (कुमारी — princess, young maiden, virgin). Sanskrit + Hindu feminine name.

Princess / virgin maiden (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

कुमारी
Transliteration
Kumārī
Pronunciation
/ ˈkuː.mə.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kumari stands.

Kumari 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.

Kumaris before her.

Real people
Meena Kumari
Tragedy Queen of Indian Cinema + Pakeezah 1972.
1933 – 1972
In fiction
Kumari
Sanskrit princess.

Names connected to Kumari.

The number behind Kumari.

1

The Leader

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