Entry № 8354 · Sanskrit origin

Purnima Purnima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ POOR-nee-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Full moon (Buddha Purnima)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "full moon (buddha purnima)".

Purnima is from the Sanskrit Pūrṇimā.

Full moon (Buddha Purnima) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

पूर्णिमा
Transliteration
Pūrṇimā
Pronunciation
/ ˈpʊr.ni.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Purnima stands.

Purnima 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.

Purnimas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Buddha Purnima / Guru Purnima
Sanskrit full moon + Buddha Purnima Buddhas birth + enlightenment + parinirvana + ~500 million Buddhists + Guru Purnima + Sharad Purnima harvest
Hindu Buddhist festival

Names connected to Purnima.

The number behind Purnima.

2

The Peacemaker

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