Entry № 6205 · Sanskrit origin

Mahalakshmi Mahalakshmi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-hah-LAHK-shmee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Great Lakshmi / supreme (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "great lakshmi / supreme (sanskrit + foundational)".

Mahalakshmi is from the Sanskrit Mahālakṣmī. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Mahalakshmi is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Mahālakṣmī great-Lakshmi supreme-Devi + Sanskrit mahā great + Lakṣmī + foundational central Mahālakṣmī foundational-central-Vishnu-consort + Devi-of-fortune-prosperity + foundational central second-of Devi-Mahatmya-Trinity Mahā-Kālī + Mahā-Lakṣmī + Mahā-Sarasvatī foundational-central + foundational central Mahālakṣmī foundational-central-slayer of-Mahiṣāsura in Devi Mahatmya 2-3 + foundational central Aṣṭa-Lakṣmī eight-Lakshmis Ādi + Dhānya + Dhairya + Gaja + Santāna + Vijaya + Vidyā + Dhana foundational-central + foundational central Mahālakṣmī-Aṣṭakam 8-verses foundational-central-Devi-hymn namas testu mahāmāye śrī-pīṭhe sura-pūjite śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-haste mahālakṣmi namo stute + foundational central Mahālakṣmī Temple Kolhapur Maharashtra foundational-central-Śakti-Pīṭha ~7th c. CE Chalukya-founded + foundational central Kanaka-Dhārā-Stotra by Adi Shankaracharya 21-verses + Śrī-Sūkta Rigveda-Khila-Sūkta 15-verses + foundational pan-Vaishnava heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

The name in its native script.

Mahalakshmi
Transliteration
Mahālakṣmī
Pronunciation
/ ˌmɑː.hɑːˈlɑːk.ʃmi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahalakshmi stands.

Mahalakshmi 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.

Mahalakshmis before her.

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Names connected to Mahalakshmi.

The number behind Mahalakshmi.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahalakshmi reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.