Entry № 11670 · Sanskrit origin

Yamnika Yamnika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YAHM-nee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Restraint / discipline"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "restraint / discipline".

Yamnika is from the Sanskrit Yamnikā.

Restraint / discipline — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

यमनिका
Transliteration
Yamnikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈjɑːm.ni.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Yamnika is built from.

Yamnika is a compound name. Its parts are níkē — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

níkē
Greek
“victory”

Where Yamnika stands.

Yamnika 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.

Yamnikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Yama 5 restraints Ashtanga 1st limb Patanjali 2.30 Ahimsa Satya Asteya Brahmacharya Aparigraha / Yama god of death son of Surya brother of Yamuna / Yama-Loka / Yama-Nachiketa Katha 6 chapters 119 verses / Katha 1.1.20
Sanskrit restraint-observance discipline + yam to restrain + Yama five-restraints Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga Patanjali Yoga Sutras 2.30 Ahiṃsā + Satya + Asteya + Brahmacarya + Aparigraha + Yama god-of-death + son-of-Sūrya + brother-of-Yamuna + Yama-Loka + Yama-Nachiketa Kaṭha Upanishad 6-chapters 119-verses + Kaṭha 1.1.20 yeyaṃ prete vicikitsā manuṣye stīty eke nāyam astīti caike
Yama Nachiketa

Names connected to Yamnika.

The number behind Yamnika.

2

The Peacemaker

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