Entry № 2916 · Sanskrit origin

Indradevi Indradevi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ in-drah-DEH-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Khmer queen and Sanskrit scholar (Jayavarman VII's wife)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Sanskrit)

A name that means "khmer queen and sanskrit scholar (jayavarman vii's wife)".

Indradevi combines the Sanskrit Indra and devi (goddess). The Khmer queen and chief consort of King Jayavarman VII — the great builder of the Khmer Empire who built Angkor Thom and the Bayon. A renowned Sanskrit scholar and Buddhist devotee, Indradevi taught at the royal court and composed the famous Phimeanakas inscription mourning her sister Jayarajadevi (the king's first wife). One of the few female-authored inscriptions in the Khmer corpus.

Featured in Khmer royal inscriptions.

Khmer queen-scholar. Composed one of the few female-authored Sanskrit inscriptions of the Khmer Empire.

The name in its native script.

इन्द्रदेवी
Transliteration
Indradevī
Pronunciation
/ ˌɪn.drəˈdɛ.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Indradevi stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Indradevi · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Indradevis before her.

Real people
Indradevi
Khmer queen consort of Jayavarman VII.
12th c.
In fiction
Indradevi
Phimeanakas inscription.

Names connected to Indradevi.

The number behind Indradevi.

2

The Diplomat

Indradevi reduces to two — the number of Khmer queen-scholar.

Why families chose this name.

"Khmer queen-scholar. Nine letters. Indradevi."
Sopheap · Mother of one · Angkor