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Ambika name meaning

“mother”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
A
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl

Indian Names: AMeaning protectionSanskrit origin

Ambika is a girl name from Sanskrit meaning 'mother'.

What does Ambika mean?

Mother

In Malay: ibu

Sources (1)

About the name Ambika

Ambika comes from Sanskrit ambikā, which in Hindi means 'mother'. It is also an epithet of the goddess Parvati or Durga, the name of the second daughter of the king of Kashi in the Mahabharata, and the name of a river in Gujarat.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit, Hindi
SyllablesAm-bi-ka
First letterIndian Names starting with A
Devanagari scriptअंबिका

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: अंबिका · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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