Heramba: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Heramba – Meaning: Buffalo – Origin: Sanskrit – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: hay-RUM-buh


Heramba is a Sanskrit boy's name meaning “Buffalo”. It appears in our list of 200+ Hindu Baby Boy Names — Sacred, Strong, and Steeped in Tradition.

Meaning & Origin of Heramba

Meaning: Buffalo.

Origin: Sanskrit.

A common claim: Protector of the weak; the boastful one Actually: While traditionally associated with Ganesha protecting the weak, the Sanskrit noun literally means buffalo.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Heramba

Phonetic: hay-RUM-buh   IPA: /heɪˈrʌmbə/

Popularity of Heramba

Heramba doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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