Entry № 8446 · Sanskrit origin

Ragamalika Ragamalika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-gah-MAH-lee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Garland of ragas (Carnatic)"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "garland of ragas (carnatic)".

Ragamalika is from the Sanskrit Rāgamālikā. Subbulakshmi pan-Hindu classical-music heritage.

Subbulakshmi pan-Hindu classical-music heritage

The name in its native script.

रागमालिका
Transliteration
Rāgamālikā
Pronunciation
/ ˌrɑː.ɡɑːˈmɑː.li.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ragamalika stands.

Ragamalika 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.

Ragamalikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhavayami Raghuramam Swathi Thirunal / M.S. Subbulakshmi Kurai Onrum Illai
Sanskrit garland-of-ragas + rāga melodic-mode + mālikā garland + Carnatic + Hindustani classical + Bhavayami Raghuramam by Swathi Thirunal 1813-1846 + Kurai Onrum Illai by Rajaji rendered by M.S. Subbulakshmi
Carnatic music

Names connected to Ragamalika.

The number behind Ragamalika.

2

The Peacemaker

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