Entry № 11187 · Sanskrit origin

Veda Veda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAY-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred knowledge"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sacred knowledge".

Veda is from the Sanskrit वेद (Veda — knowledge, sacred wisdom) — from Proto-Indo-European weid-. Veda is one of the Sanskrit feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Hindu heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu civilizational heritage.

Sacred knowledge (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

वेद
Transliteration
Veda
Pronunciation
/ ˈveɪ.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Veda stands.

Veda 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.

Vedas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Veda
Sanskrit knowledge + Four Vedas + Rigveda UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
Vedic scripture

Names connected to Veda.

The number behind Veda.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Veda reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.