Entry № 6417 · Sanskrit origin

Mantra Mantra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAHN-trah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred sound-formula"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sacred sound-formula".

Mantra is from the Sanskrit Mantrā.

Sacred sound-formula — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मन्त्रा
Transliteration
Mantrā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːn.trə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mantra stands.

Mantra 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.

Mantras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gayatri Mantra Rigveda 3.62.10 / Mahamrityunjaya Rigveda 7.59.12 / Hare Krishna Om Mani Padme Hum
Sanskrit sacred-sound-formula mind-tool + man to think + tra instrument + Mantra Vedic + Gāyatrī Mantra Rigveda 3.62.10 most-sacred + Mahā Mṛtyuñjaya Rigveda 7.59.12 + Hare Krishna Mahamantra + Om Namah Shivaya + Om Mani Padme Hum Buddhist + Sri Vidya Tantric
Vedic mantra

Names connected to Mantra.

The number behind Mantra.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mantra reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.