Samadhi: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “meditative absorption, union”
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Say it
- suh-MAH-dhee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From Sanskrit samadhi, a term in Hinduism and Buddhism for profound meditative concentration or spiritual absorption. It is primarily a religious and philosophical term, only rarely used as a given name.
How popular is Samadhi?
Babies named Samadhi in 2024194
2024 rank#1,216 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 1880696
Samadhi is rising: use over the last five years is 15.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Samadhi
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Samadhi questions
What does the name Samadhi mean?
Samadhi means "meditative absorption, union". It comes from Sanskrit. From Sanskrit samadhi, a term in Hinduism and Buddhism for profound meditative concentration or spiritual absorption. It is primarily a religious and philosophical term, only rarely used as a given name.
Is Samadhi a boy or girl name?
Samadhi is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Samadhi?
194 US babies were named Samadhi in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Samadhi?
Samadhi is usually pronounced suh-MAH-dhee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.