Entry № 2507 · Sanskrit origin

Vak Vak — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Speech (Vedic goddess of sacred sound)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Sanskrit)

The meaning

A name that means "speech (vedic goddess of sacred sound)".

Vak (वाक्) is the Sanskrit word for **"speech, sacred utterance"** — root of the English "voice." **The Vedic Rishika Vak Ambhrini composed Rigveda 10.125** — the **Devi Sukta**, one of the most powerful self-declarations in the Vedas: *"I move with the Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas; I support the heavens; I am she who blows like the wind."* **Identified with the goddess herself — the deification of Speech as Sarasvati's predecessor.**

Featured in Rigveda 10.125 (Devi Sukta).

Sacred speech. 'I move with the Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas; I support the heavens.'

In its original form

The name in its native script.

वाक्

Transliteration: Vāk
Pronunciation: / vɑːk /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Vak stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Vak · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Vaks before her.

Real people

Vak Ambhrini

Vedic Rishika of the Devi Sukta.

In fiction

Vak

Devi Sukta, Rigveda 10.125.

Names connected to Vak.

Numerology

The number behind Vak.

The Authority

Vak reduces to eight — the number of Vedic Sacred Speech.

Parents on Vak

Why families chose this name.

"Sacred Speech. Three letters. Vak."

Priya · Mother of one · Varanasi