Entry № 10751 · Sanskrit origin

Trishula Trishula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tree-SHOO-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Trident / Shivas weapon"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "trident / shivas weapon".

Trishula is from the Sanskrit Triśūlā.

Trident / Shivas weapon — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

त्रिशूला

Transliteration: Triśūlā
Pronunciation: / triːˈʃuː.lə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Trishula stands.

Trishula 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

Trishulas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Trishula Shiva Durga weapon / 3 prongs Sattva Rajas Tamas / Creation Preservation Destruction / Past Present Future / Vishvakarma forging / Devi Mahatmya Mahishasura / Kala-Bhairava / Kailash Amarnath Kedarnath / Trishul peak 7120m

Sanskrit trident three-pointed-spear + tri three + śūla spear + Triśūla weapon-of Shiva-Mahadeva + Durga + Sattva + Rajas + Tamas + Creation + Preservation + Destruction + Past + Present + Future + Shiva-Trishula Vishvakarma-forging + Durga-Trishula Mahishasura Devi Mahatmya + Kāla-Bhairava-Trishula + Trishula-Mandala tantric-yantra + Kailash + Amarnath + Kedarnath + Trishul-peak Uttarakhand 7120-meters

Trishula Shiva

Names connected to Trishula.

Numerology

The number behind Trishula.

The Giver

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