Entry № 6156 · Sanskrit origin

Madanika Madanika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-dah-nee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Celestial dancer (Hoysala temple)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "celestial dancer (hoysala temple)".

Madanika is from the Sanskrit Madanikā.

Celestial dancer (Hoysala temple) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मदनिका
Transliteration
Madanikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.də.ni.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Madanika is built from.

Madanika is a compound name. Its parts are níkē — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

níkē
Greek
“victory”

Where Madanika stands.

Madanika 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.

Madanikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chennakeshava Temple Belur ~12th c. / Hoysala 42 madanika sculptures
Sanskrit celestial-dancer bewitching-woman + Madana Kāma god-of-love + Chennakeshava Temple Belur Karnataka ~12th c. + Hoysala Empire + 42 madanika-sculptures Bharatanatyam poses + Bharatas Nāṭyaśāstra
Hoysala sculpture

Names connected to Madanika.

The number behind Madanika.

9

The Giver

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