Entry № 8927 · Sanskrit origin

Rukhmini Rukhmini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROOK-mee-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Rukmini / Krishnas queen"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "rukmini / krishnas queen".

Rukhmini is from the Sanskrit Rukmiṇī.

Rukmini / Krishnas queen — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

रुख्मिणी
Transliteration
Rukmiṇī
Pronunciation
/ ˈruːk.mi.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rukhmini stands.

Rukhmini 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.

Rukhminis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rukmini-Harana Bhagavata Canto 10:52-54 / Rukmini Devi Arundale Bharatanatyam
Sanskrit possessing-gold Rukmi-related + rukma gold + Rukmiṇī Krishnas-first-queen daughter-of-Bhishmaka Vidarbha sister-of-Rukmi + Rukmiṇī-Haraṇa Bhagavata Purana Canto 10:52-54 + Rukmiṇī-Sandesha letter-to-Krishna + incarnation of Lakshmi + Rukmini Devi Arundale 1904-1986 Bharatanatyam revivalist
Krishna Rukmini

Names connected to Rukhmini.

The number behind Rukhmini.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rukhmini reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.