Entry № 9047 · Sanskrit origin

Sahasra Sahasra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-HAH-srah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Thousand (Sahasranama)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "thousand (sahasranama)".

Sahasra is from the Sanskrit Sahasra.

Thousand (Sahasranama) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सहस्र
Transliteration
Sahasra
Pronunciation
/ səˈhɑː.srə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sahasra stands.

Sahasra 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.

Sahasras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sahasranama / Sahasrara Chakra
Sanskrit thousand + Vishnu Sahasranama + Lalita Sahasranama + Lakshmi Sahasranama + Shiva Sahasranama thousand-names hymns + Sahasrara Chakra crown chakra Kundalini yoga
Hindu sacred

Names connected to Sahasra.

The number behind Sahasra.

4

The Builder

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