Entry № 6292 · Sanskrit origin

Maithili Maithili — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MIE-tee-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sita of Mithila (Ramayana)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sita of mithila (ramayana)".

Maithili is from the Sanskrit Maithilī.

Sita of Mithila (Ramayana) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मैथिली
Transliteration
Maithilī
Pronunciation
/ ˈmaɪ.ti.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maithili stands.

Maithili 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.

Maithilis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sita of Mithila Janaka / Vidyapati Maithili poet
Sanskrit Sita of Mithila daughter of King Janaka + Ramayana + Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas + Kamban Ramavataram + Mithilā ancient kingdom Nepal Terai + Bihar + Maithili one of 22 scheduled languages + Vidyāpati 14th c. Maithili-Sanskrit poet
Ramayana

Names connected to Maithili.

The number behind Maithili.

9

The Giver

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