Given name & surname
Kumari
“maiden, daughter”
Kumari is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “maiden, daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “maiden, daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
Kumari is used as a feminine counterpart of Kumar.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kumari is a feminine form of Kumar. The history of Kumar gives this family its wider story. The Sanskrit form kumāra is attested in the Rig-Veda. In epic literature it names Skanda, Shiva’s son; Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhava centers on his birth. The word also came to be used for a prince.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kumari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 36 boys · 122 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 796 as a first name in 2020; 3,003 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kumari’s family of names
Kumari is a feminine form of Kumar. Kumari has a related form in Kumarie. Kumari has a related form in Kumara.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kumari
- MayawatiIndian politicianborn 1956
- Kumari KamalaIndian dancer and actress1934–2025
- Kumari JayawardenaSri Lankan academic and activistborn 1931
- Ved Kumari GhaiIndian Sanskrit scholar1931–2023
- Kumari RadhaIndian poet (1936–2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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