Entry № 10936 · Sanskrit origin

Upala Upala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OO-pah-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Gemstone / precious stone"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "gemstone / precious stone".

Upala is from the Sanskrit Upala.

Gemstone / precious stone — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

उपल
Transliteration
Upala
Pronunciation
/ ˈuː.pə.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Upala stands.

Upala 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.

Upalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nava-Ratna 9 gemstones Navagraha / Varahamihira Brihat-Samhita / Muktā Manikya Vaidurya Gomeda Vajra Pravala Nila Pushparaga Marakata
Sanskrit gemstone precious-stone + Nava-Ratna nine-gemstones Vedic astrology Navagraha + Bṛhat-Saṃhitā by Varahamihira ~6th c. + Ratna-Śāstra gemology + Muktā pearl + Māṇikya ruby + Vaidūrya cats-eye + Gomeda hessonite + Vajra diamond + Pravāla coral + Nīla sapphire + Puṣparāga topaz + Marakata emerald
Vedic astrology

Names connected to Upala.

The number behind Upala.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Upala reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.