Girl · Sanskrit (Telugu usage) · Hindu
Harika
हारिकाSay it HAA-ri-kaa
- Meaning
- A kind of poetic metre Monier-Williams, p. 1289
- Say it
- HAA-ri-kaa
- Written
- हारिका
- Other spellings
- Haarika, Harica
- First sound
- हा · Mithun rashi
Harika
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Harika meaning
Harika (हारिका) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Telugu usage). By its first sound, हा, it is a Mithun rashi name (Punarvasu nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
A kind of poetic metre
Harika (హారిక) is a Telugu girls' name, but its meaning is not well documented. The only match in the Sanskrit dictionaries is hārikā, which Monier-Williams records as the name of a kind of poetic metre. Name lists offer other meanings, such as "belonging to Hari", a name of Vishnu, but we could not confirm these. A Turkish name Harika, meaning "wonderful", comes from Arabic and is unrelated to the Telugu name. So we give the dictionary sense and note that the meaning families intend may differ. A well-known bearer is the chess grandmaster Harika Dronavalli.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1289 · entry hārikā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, hārikā, p. 1289 · Wikipedia, Harika Dronavalli
Famous namesakes
- Harika Dronavalli, Indian chess grandmaster
Fits your syllable
First sound हा
Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Harika · Haarika · Harica