Entry № 10432 · Sanskrit origin

Teja Teja — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEH-jah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Brilliance / fire (Tejas)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "brilliance / fire (tejas)".

Teja is from the Sanskrit Tejā.

Brilliance / fire (Tejas) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

तेजा
Transliteration
Tejā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɛ.dʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Teja stands.

Teja 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.

Tejas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Pancha Mahabhutas / Tejas Yoga Sutras
Sanskrit brilliance radiance fire vital + Tejas inner spiritual fire + Yoga Sutras + Pancha Mahabhutas five great elements + Prithvi + Apas + Vayu + Akasha
Hindu elemental

Names connected to Teja.

The number behind Teja.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Teja reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.