Entry № 5704 · Sanskrit origin

Lalima Lalima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAH-lee-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Reddish glow / dawn (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "reddish glow / dawn (sanskrit + foundational)".

Lalima is from the Sanskrit Lālimā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Lalima is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Lālimā reddish-glow crimson-dawn ruddy-tint + Sanskrit lāl to caress + foundational central in Sanskrit aesthetic-naming heritage + foundational central in Hindu dawn-aesthetic heritage + foundational central in Vedic Uṣas Dawn Goddess heritage + foundational central in classical Sanskrit poetic-solar vocabulary + foundational central in Kalidasas Sanskrit poetic works + foundational Lalima Chaturvedi Indian classical vocalist + foundational pan-Hindu dawn-color heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.

Reddish glow / dawn (Sanskrit + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Sanskrit *Lālimā* reddish-glow crimson-dawn ruddy-tint + Sanskrit *lāl* to caress + foundational central in Sanskrit aesthetic-naming heritage + foundational central in Hindu dawn-aesthetic heritage + foundational central in Vedic *Uṣas* Dawn Goddess heritage + foundational central in classical Sanskrit poetic-solar vocabulary + foundational central in Kalidasas Sanskrit poetic works + foundational Lalima Chaturvedi Indian classical vocalist + foundational pan-Hindu dawn-color heritage

The name in its native script.

लालिमा
Transliteration
Lālimā
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɑː.li.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lalima stands.

Lalima 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.

Lalimas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vedic Ushas Dawn Goddess / Kalidasa
Sanskrit reddish-glow crimson-dawn + Uṣas Dawn Goddess + Kalidasas Sanskrit poetic + Vedic dawn + Lalima Chaturvedi Indian classical vocalist
Vedic dawn

Names connected to Lalima.

The number behind Lalima.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lalima reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.