Sarika

Sarika meaning

Sarika (सारिका) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, सा, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Shatabhisha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

The myna bird; a confidante

Also used to mean: songbird, parrot

Sarika (सारिका) is the Sanskrit sārikā, a variant of śārikā, the bird Monier-Williams labels Turdus salica, a kind of myna, citing the law book of Manu and the Mahābhārata. MW also gives sārikā as a confidante, as the bridge of a stringed instrument and as a simple kind of vīṇā. Indian name lists usually render the name as "songbird" or "parrot". The myna is indeed a songbird that can learn to talk, but it is not a parrot, so "myna" is the more exact meaning. The name is used by Hindu families across India and is also spelled Sareeka. In Khmer the same-sounding word names the hill myna.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1209 · entry sārikā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, sārikā, p. 1209 · Wikipedia, List of storms named Sarika (Khmer name of the hill myna)

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First sound सा

Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 2 · Kumbh rashi

North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Sarika · Saarika

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