Entry № 6393 · Sanskrit origin

Manishi Manishi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-nee-shee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wise sage"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wise sage".

Manishi is from the Sanskrit Manīṣī.

Wise sage — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मनीषी
Transliteration
Manīṣī
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.ni.ʃi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manishi stands.

Manishi 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.

Manishis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Adi Shankara Manisha-Panchaka / Bhagavad Gita 2:56 sthita-prajña
Sanskrit wise sage learned-scholar + manīṣā wisdom + Manīṣā-Pañcaka Adi Shankaracharya ~8th c. five-verse hymn non-dual-realization + Bhagavad Gita 2:56 sthita-prajñas tadocyate
Advaita Vedanta

Names connected to Manishi.

The number behind Manishi.

1

The Leader

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