Entry № 7238 · Sanskrit origin

Nartaki Nartaki — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAHR-tah-kee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Female dancer"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "female dancer".

Nartaki is from the Sanskrit Nartakī.

Female dancer — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नर्तकी
Transliteration
Nartakī
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑːr.tə.ki /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nartaki stands.

Nartaki 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.

Nartakis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bharata Natyashastra / eight classical dance forms
Sanskrit female dancer performer + nṛt to dance + Bharatas Nāṭyaśāstra + Devadāsī temple-dance + Bharatanatyam + Kathak + Odissi + Kuchipudi + Manipuri + Mohiniyattam + Sattriya + Kathakali
Indian classical dance

Names connected to Nartaki.

The number behind Nartaki.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nartaki reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.