Entry № 10114 · Sanskrit origin

Sumithra Sumithra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Good friend / Dasharathas wife"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "good friend / dasharathas wife".

Sumithra is from the Sanskrit Sumitrā.

Good friend / Dasharathas wife — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

सुमित्रा

Transliteration: Sumitrā
Pronunciation: / suːˈmi.trə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Sumithra stands.

Sumithra 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

Sumithras before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Sumitra 3rd wife of Dasharatha mother of Lakshmana Shatrughna Ramayana Bala 15 / Kausalya Rama / Kaikeyi Bharata / Putreshti-Yajna Rishyashringa Payasa / Sumitra-nandana Lakshmana / Valmiki Tulsidas Kamban

Sanskrit good-friend friend-to-all + su- good + mitra friend + Sumitrā third-wife of Dasharatha of Ayodhya mother of Lakshmana + Shatrughna Ramayana Bala Kanda 15 + Kausalya + Kaikeyī + Putreṣṭi-Yajña Rishyaśṛṅga Payasa-prasada + Sumitrā-nandana Lakshmana + Sumitrā-Devī Kerala + Valmiki + Tulsidas + Kamban

Sumitra Dasharatha

Names connected to Sumithra.

Numerology

The number behind Sumithra.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sumithra reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.