Entry № 8268 · Sanskrit origin

Prajna Prajna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAHJ-nyah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Wisdom (Buddhist Sanskrit)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "wisdom (buddhist sanskrit)".

Prajna (प्रज्ञा) is the Sanskrit word for "wisdom" — specifically transcendent wisdom that perceives ultimate reality.

The Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra are her core teachings.

Wisdom. The Buddhist Mother of all Buddhas.

The name in its native script.

प्रज्ञा
Transliteration
Prajñā
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɑːdʒ.njə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Prajna stands.

Prajna 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.

Prajnas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Prajnaparamita
Mother of all Buddhas.
Heart Sutra

Names connected to Prajna.

The number behind Prajna.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Prajna reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.