Buddhism Submitted Names

Akasagarbha आकाशगर्भ m Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit आकाशगर्भ (see Akashagarbha).

Akashagarbha आकाशगर्भ m Buddhism
From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa) meaning "open space, sky" and गर्भ (garbha) meaning "inside, interior". In Mahayana tradition this is the name of a bodhisattva associated with the element of space.

Akṣayamati अक्षयमति m Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit अक्षयमति (see Akshayamati).

Akshayamati अक्षयमति m Buddhism
Means "indestructible mind" or "inexhaustible awareness" from Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya) meaning "undecaying, imperishable" and मति (mati) meaning "mind, thought"... [more]

Akshobhya अक्षोभ्य m Buddhism
Means "immovable" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a buddha who represents consciousness and reflection in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition.

Amitabha अमिताभ m Buddhism, Sanskrit, Bengali
Original Sanskrit form of Amitabh, as well as the modern Bengali form. In Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition this is the name of a buddha associated with longevity, merit and boundless compassion... [more]

Amoghasiddhi अमोघसिद्धि m Buddhism
Means "unfailing accomplishment" from Sanskrit अमोघ (amogha) meaning "unfailing, infallible" and सिद्धि (siddhi) meaning "accomplishment, success, attainment"... [more]

Anantacharitra अनन्तचारित्र m Buddhism
Means "boundless practice" from Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta) meaning "infinite, endless" and चारित्र (caritra) meaning "conduct, behaviour, practice"... [more]

Anuruddha अनुरुद्ध m Buddhism, Sinhalese
Means "checked, opposed" or "pacified, soothed" in Sanskrit. This was the name a disciple and cousin of the Buddha.

Aryadeva अर्यदेव m Buddhism
From Sanskrit अर्य (arya) meaning "excellent, best, respectable" and देव (deva) meaning "god". This was the name of a 2nd or 3rd-century Mahayana Buddhist monk and scholar.

Bhaiṣajyaguru भैषज्यगुरु m Buddhism
From Sanskrit भैषज्य (bhaishajya) meaning "curativeness, healing, remedy" and गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage, master". This is sthe name of a bodhisattva associated with healing and medicine in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition.

Bhaiṣajyarāja भैषज्यराज m Buddhism
From Sanskrit भैषज्य (bhaisajya) meaning "curativeness, healing, remedy" and राज (raja) meaning "king". This is the name of a bodhisattva associated with healing in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition.

Bhaiṣajyasamudgata भैषज्यसमुद्गत m Buddhism
From Sanskrit भैषज्य (bhaishajya) meaning "curativeness, healing, remedy" and समुद्गत (samudgata) meaning "risen, appeared, begun". This is the name of a bodhisattva associated with healing and medicine in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition.

Bhaishajyaguru भैषज्यगुरु m Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit भैषज्यगुरु (see Bhaiṣajyaguru).

Bhaishajyaraja भैषज्यराज m Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit भैषज्यराज (see Bhaiṣajyarāja).

Bhaishajyasamudgata भैषज्यसमुद्गत m Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit भैषज्यसमुद्गत (see Bhaiṣajyasamudgata).

Bodhidharma बोधिधर्म m Buddhism, History, Sanskrit
Means "dharma of enlightenmemt" in Sanskrit, from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma) "virtue, religious and moral duties" and बोधि (bodhi) "the illuminated or enlightened intellect"... [more]

Bodhisattva xm Buddhism, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Means "enlightened being" from Sanskrit, literally "one whose essence is perfect knowledge", composed of बोधि (bodhi) "perfect knowledge, perfect wisdom" (see Bodhi; also related to Buddha) and सत्त्व (sattva) "essence, reality, being"... [more]

Bokda m Buddhism
Burmese form of Buddha.

Chandraprabha चन्द्रप्रभ m Buddhism, Sanskrit
Means "moonlight" from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra) meaning "moon" and प्रभा (prabha) meaning "light, radiance"... [more]

Chenrezig སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས m Buddhism
Means "one who looks down with an unwavering eye" in Tibetan, derived from སྤྱན་རས (spyan ras) meaning "penetrating vision, observation, eye" and གཟིགས (gzigs) meaning "see, look, perceive"... [more]

Cundi चुन्दी f Buddhism
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Sanskrit चुन्दी (cundi) meaning "procuress, bawd" or चुण्टी (cunti) meaning "small well, reservoir". This is the name of a female bodhisattva and gooddess in Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition... [more]

Dipankara दीपंकर m Sanskrit, Buddhism
Means "causer of light", from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa) meaning "light, lamp" and कर (kara) meaning "maker, doer"... [more]

Dolkar སྒྲོལ་དཀར f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Buddhism
From Tibetan སྒྲོལ་དཀར (sgrol-dkar) derived from སྒྲོལ (sgrol) meaning "to liberate, to save" (referring to the bodhisattva Tara 2) and དཀར (dkar) meaning "white"... [more]

Dolma སྒྲོལ་མ f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Buddhism
From Tibetan སྒྲོལ་མ (sgrol-ma) meaning "saviouress" (referring to enlightenment), derived from སྒྲོལ (sgrol) meaning "to liberate, to save" and the feminine particle མ (ma)... [more]

Doryu m Buddhism (Rare, Archaic)

Ekadashamukha एकादशमुख m Buddhism
Means "eleven-faced" in Sanskrit, from एकादश (ekadasha) meaning "eleven" and मुख (mukha) meaning "face". In Buddhist belief this is the name of a manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

Erawan เอราวัณ m Hinduism, Buddhism
Thai form of Airavata.

Fat 佛 m Buddhism
Cantonese form of Buddha.

Fo 佛 m Buddhism
Chinese form of Buddha.

Fu̍t 佛 m Buddhism
Hakka form of Buddha.

Gwaneum f Buddhism
Korean form of Guanyin.

Hŭk 佛 m Buddhism
Min Dong form of Buddha.

In อินทร์ m Buddhism, Hinduism
Thai form of Indra.

Jampa བྱམས་པ m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Buddhism
From Tibetan བྱམས་པ (byams-pa) meaning "kindness, benevolence". This is the Tibetan name for the bodhisattva Maitreya.

Jamphel འཇམ་དཔལ m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Buddhism
From Tibetan འཇམ་དཔལ ('jam-dpal) meaning "gentle splendour", derived from འཇམ ('jam) meaning "soft" and དཔལ (dpal) meaning "splendour, glory, magnificence"... [more]

Koan-im 观音, 觀音 f Buddhism
Hokkien romanization of Guanyin.

Kôn-yîm 观音, 觀音 f Buddhism
Hakka romanization of Guanyin.

Kshitigarbha क्षितिगर्भ m Buddhism
Means "earth womb" from Sanskrit क्षिति (kshiti) meaning "earth" and गर्भ (garbha) meaning "womb, inside, interior". This is the name of a bodhisattva in Mahayana tradition, typically portrayed as a monk.

Kwanyin f Buddhism
Burmese form of Guanyin.

Mahakala महाकाल m Hinduism, Buddhism
From Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great" and काल (kala) meaning "time, age, death". This is the name of a deity in Hindu and Buddhist tradition... [more]

Mahasthamaprapta महास्थामप्राप्त m Buddhism
Means "arrival of the great strength" or "one who has obtained great strength", from Sanskrit महा (maha) meaning "great", स्थामन् (sthaman) meaning "strength, power" and प्राप्त (prapta) meaning "arrived, came, obtained, reached"... [more]

Maitreya मैत्रेय m Buddhism
Means "friendly, benevolent" in Sanskrit, ultimately derived from मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend". In Buddhist tradition this is the name of a bodhisattva who will succeed Siddhartha Gautama and become the next Buddha... [more]

Mandarava मन्दारवा f Buddhism
From the name of a type of evergreen tree that bears bright orange-red flowers (scientific name Erythrina stricta). This was the name of a consort and student of the legendary 8th-century Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava... [more]

Mangala मङ्गल, मङ्गला m & f Hinduism, Buddhism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Sinhalese
Means "auspicious, lucky" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the Sanskrit masculine form मङ्गल and the feminine form मङ्गला. The masculine form refers to the Hindu god of anger, aggression and war who personifies the planet Mars, while the feminine form is used as another name for the goddess Parvati... [more]

Metteyya m Buddhism
Pali form of Maitreya.

Mettrai เมตไตรย m Buddhism
Thai form of Metteyya (see Maitreya).

Mile 弥勒, 彌勒 m Buddhism
Chinese form of Maitreya.

Miroku 弥勒 m Buddhism
Japanese form of Maitreya via the Chinese form 弥勒/彌勒.

Munsu m Buddhism
Korean form of Manjushri.

Myitteya m Buddhism
Burmese form of Metteyya (see Maitreya).

Nalaka नालक m Buddhism, Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit नाल (nāla) meaning "reed, (lotus) stalk". In Buddhist tradition this is the name of a disciple of the Buddha.

Padmasambhava पद्मसम्भव m Buddhism
Means "lotus-born" from Sanskrit पद्म (padma) meaning "lotus" and सम्भव (sambhāva) meaning "being or coming together, birth, origin"... [more]

Phật m Buddhism
Vietnamese form of Buddha.

Phut พุทธ m Buddhism
Lao and Thai form of Buddha.

Put m Buddhism
Khmer form of Buddha.

Ratnasambhava रत्नसम्भव m Buddhism
Means "jewel-born" in Sanskrit, from रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and सम्भव (sambhava) meaning "being or coming together, birth, origin"... [more]

Samantabhadra समन्तभद्र m Buddhism
Means "universal goodness" from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta) meaning "universal, complete, entire" and भद्र (bhadra) meaning "goodness, happiness, auspiciousness, fortune"... [more]

Sarvanivaranavishkambhin सर्वनिवारणविष्कम्भिन्, सर्वनिवरणविष्कम्भिन् m Buddhism
Means "impeder of all hindrances" from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva) meaning "all, whole" combined with निवारण (nivāraṇa) meaning "preventing, hindering, keeping off" and विष्कम्भिन् (viṣkambhin) meaning "obstructing, impeding"... [more]

Sitatapatra सितातपत्रा f Buddhism
Means "white umbrella" from Sanskrit सित (sita) meaning "white" and आतपत्र (ātapatra) meaning "umbrella, parasol". In Buddhist tradition this is the name of a bodhisattva who protects against supernatural danger.

Sumedha सुमेध m Buddhism, Sinhalese
Means "nourishing, loamy" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist literature this is the name of a previous life of Siddhartha Gautama, in which he declares his intention to become a Buddha.

Suryaprabha सूर्यप्रभ m Buddhism
Means "sunlight" from Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya) meaning "sun" and प्रभा (prabha) meaning "light, radiance"... [more]

Tissa m Buddhism, Sinhalese
Pali form of Sanskrit तिष्य (tiṣya) meaning "auspicious, fortunate". This is the name of the twentieth of the twenty-seven buddhas preceding Siddhartha Gautama, as well as the name of a 3rd-century king of Sri Lanka.

Vairocana वैरोचन m Buddhism, Hinduism
From Sanskrit वैरोचन (vairocana) meaning "solar, of the sun", a derivative of विरोचन (virochana) meaning "sun, giver of light". This is the name of a cosmic buddha in Mahayana tradition, as well as an epithet of the Hindu asura (demon) Bali.

Vajrapani वज्रपाणि m Buddhism
Means "vajra in (his) hand" from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra) meaning "diamond, thunderbolt, vajra" and पाणि (pani) meaning "hand". This is the name of an early bodhisattva who protected and guided Gautama Buddha; he eventually came to represent the Buddha's power.

Vajrasattva वज्रसत्त्व m Buddhism
Means "diamond essence" or "thunderbolt essence", from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra) meaning "diamond, thunderbolt" and सत्त्व (sattva) meaning "essence, nature, being, spirit"... [more]

Văn-thù-sư-lợi m Buddhism
Vietnamese form of Manjushri.

Vasuki m & f Hinduism, Buddhism, Ancient Dravidian, Indian, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a nagaraja (king of serpents) in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. He is a snake belonging to the god Shiva and is famous for coiling around Shiva's neck.... [more]

Wenshushili 文殊师利, 文殊師利 m Buddhism
Chinese form of Manjushri.

Yashodhara यशोधरा f Buddhism
Means "preserving glory" from Sanskrit यशस् (yashas) meaning "fame, praise, glory" and धर (dhara) meaning "holding, maintaining, bearing"... [more]

Yaśodharā यशोधरा f Buddhism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit यशोधरा (see Yashodhara).