Entry № 11196 · Sanskrit origin

Veena Veena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred instrument (the Indian classical instrument)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sacred instrument (the indian classical instrument)".

Veena is from the Sanskrit vīṇā — the sacred stringed instrument of Indian classical music. Veena Gowda — modern Indian feminist lawyer. Veena Malik (born 1984) — Pakistani actress. Veena Sopory — Indian classical musician.

Sacred instrument (the Indian classical instrument) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वीणा
Transliteration
Vīṇā
Pronunciation
/ ˈviː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Veena stands.

Veena 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.

Veenas before her.

Real people
Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Indian classical singer + Padma Shri.
1948 – 2016
Veena Sud
American TV showrunner.
born 1968
In fiction
Veena
Saraswati's iconic Hindu instrument.

Names connected to Veena.

The number behind Veena.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Veena reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.