Entry № 11002 · Sanskrit origin

Utpala Utpala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OOT-pah-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Blue lotus (sacred Hindu Buddhist)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "blue lotus (sacred hindu buddhist)".

Utpala is from the Sanskrit उत्पल (Utpala — blue lotus, water-lily) — Sanskrit name for Nymphaea caerulea / Nymphaea nouchali (blue water lily). Utpala is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist heritage.

Blue lotus (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

उत्पल
Transliteration
Utpala
Pronunciation
/ ˈuːt.pɑː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Utpala stands.

Utpala 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.

Utpalas before her.

Real people
Utpala Devi
Bengali Indian singer + early sound-cinema vocalist + Hindi film music heritage.
1924 – 2009
In fiction
Utpala
Blue lotus held by Tara + Avalokiteshvara + Mahayana Buddhist iconography.
Hindu + Buddhist

Names connected to Utpala.

The number behind Utpala.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Utpala reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.