Entry № 8270 · Sanskrit origin

Prakriti Prakriti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAH-kree-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Nature / cosmic feminine"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "nature / cosmic feminine".

Prakriti is from the Sanskrit Prakṛti.

Nature / cosmic feminine — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

प्रकृति
Transliteration
Prakṛti
Pronunciation
/ ˈprɑː.kri.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Prakriti stands.

Prakriti 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.

Prakritis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kapila Samkhya 6th c. BCE / Ishvara Krishnas Samkhya-Karika 4th c. 72 verses / Prakriti Tri-Guna Sattva Rajas Tamas / Bhagavad Gita 7:4
Sanskrit nature original-material-substance + pra- + kṛti creation + Prakṛti material-cause Sāṃkhya + Puruṣa consciousness-observer + Kapila 6th c. BCE Sāṃkhya + Īśvara Kṛṣṇa Sāṃkhya-Kārikā ~4th c. 72-verses + Tri-Guṇa Sattva-Rajas-Tamas + Bhagavad Gita 7:4 bhūmir āpo nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhir eva ca ahaṅkāra + Prakṛti-Puruṣa
Samkhya

Names connected to Prakriti.

The number behind Prakriti.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Prakriti reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.