Durba

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Sacred grass used in rituals; evergreen”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kush — the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks)
• Kusha — Sacred grass used in Vedic rituals; twin son of Rama and Sita
• Akshata — Meanings families give: Rice, indestructible; Unbroken rice grains used in rituals
• Ritvik — Meanings families give: Priest, scholar; Priest, one who performs rituals
• Subrata — One who follows good rituals; virtuous
• Ritwik — Priest, one who performs sacred Vedic rituals

More girls' names of Bengali origin

• Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
• Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
• Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
• Brishti — Rain; the blessed monsoon rains
• Mili — To meet, to unite
• Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice

Where this comes from

Durba has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.