Given name

Amitābha

“Immeasurable Light”

Amitābha is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “Immeasurable Light.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Amitābha means “Immeasurable Light.”

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Where it comes from

Amitābha comes from Sanskrit.

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How it developed

From Sanskrit अमिताभ (“Immeasurable Light”).

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Amitābha’s family of names

In English usage, Amitābha has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अमिताभ.

Walk Amitābha’s family in the name graph

AmitābhaAmitabhaअमिताभ

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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