Entry № 11351 · Sanskrit origin

Vishaka Vishaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vee-SHAH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Radha sakhi / Vishakha Nakshatra"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "radha sakhi / vishakha nakshatra".

Vishaka is from the Sanskrit Viśākhā.

Radha sakhi / Vishakha Nakshatra — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

विशाखा
Transliteration
Viśākhā
Pronunciation
/ viːˈʃɑː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vishaka stands.

Vishaka 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.

Vishakas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vishakha Nakshatra / Radha Ashta-Sakhi / Vishakha Guidelines 1997
Sanskrit branched star + 16th Nakshatra + Rādhās Aṣṭa-Sakhī Gaudiya Vaishnava + Jayadevas Gita Govinda ~12th c. + Buddhist patroness Sakya ~5th c. BCE + Vishakha Guidelines Supreme Court India 1997 women-workplace-safety
Hindu Buddhist

Names connected to Vishaka.

The number behind Vishaka.

8

The Visionary

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