Ambika
given name · Latin script
Meaning: name for Sakti (goddess of power and destruction)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/æmbɪkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ambika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 255K(measured from records)
- NPNepal≈1 in 3.3K
- GYGuyana1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
name for Sakti (goddess of power and destruction)
Sources 1
- A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ambika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Ambika | 35 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Ambika | 31 |
| US United States | 1,304 | 1 in 255K | 1.3K | Ambika | 197 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 77K | — | Ambika | 14 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 423K | — | Ambika | 10 |
| SG Singapore | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Ambika | 17 |
| GY Guyana | 52 | 1 in 14K | 52 | Ambika | 4 |
| DK Denmark | 36 | 1 in 163K | 36 | Ambika | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ambika is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
a daughter of the king of Kasi (M);
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
In lua, ■y^.(Buk.), to give, endow, bestow, grant, offer, present with, render to. a. ha, to put on, place on.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Swahili, Stative form of -amba
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, The goddess Parvati.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, senindiešu mitoloģijā - Dakšas meita, viena no Saptamātrikām, Septiņām Mātēm, septiņām dievietes Pārvatī izpausmēm, kuru vārdus mēdza piesaukt, lai atbrīvotos no grēkiem
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ambika Dhurandharb. 1912INIndian painter (1912-2009)
- Ambika Sonib. 1942INIndian politician
- Ambika Mohanb. 1963INIndian actress
- Ambika Modb. 1995GBBritish actress, comedian, and writer (born 1995)
- Ambika Ramrajb. 1999GYbadminton player
- Ambica Kaleb. 2004INnot in their usual nameIndian pianist and writer
- Ambika AshrafUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #10,291 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 52 | #542 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 36 | #3,265 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33 | #10,291 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ambika mean, and where does it come from?
- name for Sakti (goddess of power and destruction) Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
- How do you pronounce Ambika?
- A machine transcription gives /æmbɪkə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Ambika a male or female name?
- Ambika is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Ambika have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.3 thousand people named Ambika in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ambika.
- How common is the name Ambika?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,304 people named Ambika in 2020, about 1 in 255 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ambikaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ambika”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.