Entry № 11178 · Sanskrit origin

Vasumitra Vasumitra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAH-soo-MEE-trah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Friend of wealth / Buddhist scholar"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "friend of wealth / buddhist scholar".

Vasumitra is from the Sanskrit Vasumitrā.

Friend of wealth / Buddhist scholar — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

वसुमित्रा

Transliteration: Vasumitrā
Pronunciation: / ˈvɑː.suːˈmiː.trə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Vasumitra stands.

Vasumitra 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

Vasumitras before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Vasumitra Sarvastivada 2nd c. CE Prakaranapada / Fourth Buddhist Council Kanishka 78 CE / Sunga King

Sanskrit friend-of-Vasus wealth-friend + vasu wealth + mitra friend + Vasumitra 2nd c. Sarvāstivāda Prakaraṇapāda one of Ṣaṭ-Pādābhidharma + Fourth Buddhist Council Kashmir ~78 CE Kanishka + Samayabhedoparacana-cakra Wheel-of-Formation-of-Sectarian-Divisions + Vasumitra Sunga dynasty ~131-124 BCE

Buddhist Vasumitra

Names connected to Vasumitra.

Numerology

The number behind Vasumitra.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vasumitra reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.