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Udbhav
उद्भवSay it UD-bhuv
- Meaning today
- Origin, creation
- Original meaning
- "existence, origin, birth; springing up; becoming visible" Monier-Williams, p. 190
- Say it
- UD-bhuv
- Written
- उद्भव
- Other spellings
- Udbhava
- First sound
- उ · Vrishabh rashi
Udbhav
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Udbhav meaning
Udbhav (उद्भव) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, उ, it is a Vrishabh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Existence, origin, birth; springing up; becoming visible
Also used to mean: creation
Udbhav (उद्भव) is the Sanskrit udbhava, from the verb ud-bhū, "to arise, to come forth". Monier-Williams gives it as existence, origin, birth and production, as springing up or growing, and as becoming visible; it also records Udbhava as the name of a son of King Nahuṣa. Name lists give Udbhav as "origin" or "creation", which matches. In Hindi and Marathi udbhav is still a formal word for origin or emergence. The name appeals to parents who like a meaning about new beginnings without being a common word.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 190 · entry ud-bhava · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, ud-bhava, p. 190
Fits your syllable
First sound उ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 3 · Vrishabh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Udbhav · Udbhava