Entry № 5716 · Sanskrit origin

Lambika Lambika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAHM-bee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Suspended / Yoga-Devi (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "suspended / yoga-devi (sanskrit + foundational)".

Lambika is from the Sanskrit Lambikā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Lambika is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Lambikā suspended-tongue Khecarī-mudra-Devi + Sanskrit lamb to hang + foundational central Lambikā foundational-central-Sanskrit-tongue as-in Khecarī-Mudrā + foundational central Khecarī-Mudrā foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-Mudrā one of 25-Mudras in Haṭha-Yoga-Pradīpikā by Svātmārāma 15th c. CE 4-chapters 389-verses foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-treatise + foundational central Khecarī-Mudrā turning-tongue-back-into-nasopharynx tasting-Amṛta from-Bindu-Visarga + foundational central Khecarī-Bīja mantra tradition + foundational central Lambikā-Yoga tongue-Yoga + foundational central Uḍḍiyāna + Mūla + Jālandhara + Mahā + Mahā-Vedha + Mahā-Bandha + Śakti-Cālinī + Yoni + Khecarī 9-Hatha-Yoga-Mudras + foundational central Amaraulī + Sahajolī + Vajrolī + foundational central Yoga-Yajñavalkya + Gheraṇḍa-Saṃhitā 3-chapters 351-verses + foundational central Śiva-Saṃhitā 5-chapters + foundational pan-Yoga heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.

Suspended / Yoga-Devi (Sanskrit + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Sanskrit Lambikā suspended-tongue Khecarī-mudra-Devi + Sanskrit lamb to hang + foundational central Lambikā foundational-central-Sanskrit-tongue as-in Khecarī-Mudrā + foundational central Khecarī-Mudrā foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-Mudrā one of 25-Mudras in Haṭha-Yoga-Pradīpikā by Svātmārāma 15th c. CE 4-chapters 389-verses foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-treatise + foundational central Khecarī-Mudrā turning-tongue-back-into-nasopharynx tasting-Amṛta from-Bindu-Visarga + foundational central Khecarī-Bīja mantra tradition + foundational central Lambikā-Yoga tongue-Yoga + foundational central Uḍḍiyāna + Mūla + Jālandhara + Mahā + Mahā-Vedha + Mahā-Bandha + Śakti-Cālinī + Yoni + Khecarī 9-Hatha-Yoga-Mudras + foundational central Amaraulī + Sahajolī + Vajrolī + foundational central Yoga-Yajñavalkya + Gheraṇḍa-Saṃhitā 3-chapters 351-verses + foundational central Śiva-Saṃhitā 5-chapters + foundational pan-Yoga heritage

The name in its native script.

लम्बिका
Transliteration
Lambikā
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɑːm.bi.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lambika stands.

Lambika 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.

Lambikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Lambika tongue Khechari-Mudra / Khechari-Mudra Hatha Svatmarama 15th c. Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika 4 chapters 389 verses 25 Mudras / tongue back nasopharynx Amrita Bindu-Visarga / Khechari-Bija / Lambika-Yoga / Uddiyana Mula Jalandhara Maha Maha-Vedha Maha-Bandha Shakti-Chalini Yoni Khechari 9 Mudras / Amarauli Sahajoli Vajroli / Yoga-Yajnavalkya Gheranda 3 chapters 351 Shiva-Samhita 5
Sanskrit suspended-tongue Khecarī-mudra-Devi + lamb to hang + Lambikā Khecarī-Mudrā + Khecarī-Mudrā Haṭha-Yoga-Pradīpikā Svātmārāma 15th c. 4-chapters 389-verses + Khecarī-Mudrā Amṛta Bindu-Visarga + Khecarī-Bīja + Lambikā-Yoga + Uḍḍiyāna + Mūla + Jālandhara + Mahā + Mahā-Vedha + Mahā-Bandha + Śakti-Cālinī + Yoni + Khecarī + Amaraulī + Sahajolī + Vajrolī + Yoga-Yajñavalkya + Gheraṇḍa-Saṃhitā 3-chapters 351-verses + Śiva-Saṃhitā 5-chapters
Lambika Khechari

Names connected to Lambika.

The number behind Lambika.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lambika reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.