Urmila

In the epics

Urmila appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a other: Daughter of Janaka.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Rohini
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Wife of Lakshmana, enchanting; Enchanting, waves of passion; wife of Lakshmana”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Laxmansingh — Warrior blessed by Lakshmana
• Lachhmansingh — Warrior blessed like Lakshmana
• Urmi — Wave, ripple; waves of the sea
• Tarangini — River of waves, flowing
• Urmilabai — Lady of gentle waves, flowing grace
• Shanti — tranquillity, peace, quiet, peace or calmness of mind, absence of passion, averting of pain (! ! ! may the three kinds of pain be averted!), indifference to objects of pleasure or pain

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali origin

• Esha — Meanings families give: Desire, wish, goddess Parvati; Desire, wish; one who is desired
• Padma — Meanings families give: Lotus flower, Goddess Lakshmi; Lotus; Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus
• Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi
• Indrani — Meanings families give: Wife of Indra; Wife of Indra; queen of the gods
• Adrika — Meanings families give: Celestial, of the mountains; Celestial; of the mountains
• Jayanti — Meanings families give: Victorious, daughter of Indra; Victorious; born on a day of victory

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Meanings families give: Dawn, morning; Dawn, morning, beginning; Dawn, beginning of new era; Dawn, morning, beginning of light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Meanings families give: Full of life; Full of life, rays of the morning sun; Full of life, Sun; Full of life, sunrise
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated
• Tara — n. a star
• Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Urmila 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.