At a Glance: Name: Karma – Meaning: action, deed – Origin: Sanskrit – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: KAR-muh
Karma is a Sanskrit girl's name meaning “action, deed”. It appears in our list of 200+ Hippie Baby Names With Peace, Love, and Flower Power.
Meaning & Origin of Karma
Meaning: Action, deed.
Origin: Sanskrit.
A common claim: Karma is widely described as the spiritual law of cause and effect — the idea that one's actions determine one's fate. Actually: The Sanskrit word itself just means 'action' or 'deed'; the 'cause and effect' framing is the philosophical doctrine built on that literal root, not a direct translation, and casual use as 'instant payback' overstates the original concept.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Karma
Phonetic: KAR-muh IPA: /ˈkɑːrmə/
Popularity of Karma
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1915–2024.
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