Entry № 9977 · Sanskrit origin

Srikandi Srikandi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sree-KAHN-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mahabharata warrior princess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mahabharata warrior princess".

Srikandi is from the Sanskrit Śikhaṇḍī (शिखण्डी) — the Mahabharata warrior — adopted in Indonesian-Javanese tradition as the Srikandi. The Srikandi name has become the modern Indonesian metaphor for women warriors — used for Indonesian female military pilots, athletes, and political activists. figure in modern Indonesian feminist cultural identity.

Mahabharata warrior princess (Sanskrit-Javanese).

The name in its native script.

Srikandi
Transliteration
Srikandi
Pronunciation
/ sriːˈkɑːn.di /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Srikandi stands.

Srikandi 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.

Srikandis before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Srikandi (Mahabharata)
Mahabharata warrior princess.

Names connected to Srikandi.

The number behind Srikandi.

4

The Builder

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