Entry № 9706 · Sanskrit origin

Sikha Sikha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEE-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Flame / hair-crest (Sikh tradition)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "flame / hair-crest (sikh tradition)".

Sikha is from the Sanskrit Śikhā.

Flame / hair-crest (Sikh tradition) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

शिखा

Transliteration: Śikhā
Pronunciation: / ˈsiː.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Sikha stands.

Sikha 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.

Namesakes

Sikhas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Brahmin śikhā / Sikh Kesh Five Ks

Sanskrit flame top-knot hair-crest + Brahmin śikhā sacred tuft + Sikh Kesh uncut hair Five Ks of Sikhism + Hindu Sahasrara Chakra crown-chakra

Hindu Sikh

Names connected to Sikha.

Numerology

The number behind Sikha.

The Communicator

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