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Akanksha
How to Pronounce Akanksha
Pronounced uh-KANK-shuh /ษหkษลk.สษ/Medium
Meaning: Akanksha is a genuine Sanskrit name meaning desire, aspiration, or heartfelt wish, from the root kanksh, to long for; it is a familiar given name across Hindi-speaking and wider Indian families.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Akanksha is a real Sanskrit name built on kanksh, to long for, giving the sense of aspiration or heartfelt wish. It is common across northern India and travelled to the United States with Indian immigrant families, edging to a modest high in the early two-thousands.
This was never a common American name, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak, and it stayed rare here. A girl named Akanksha at that high is in her early twenties today. In India the name remains warm, current, and firmly established.
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What does the name Akanksha mean?
It is a Sanskrit name meaning desire, aspiration, or heartfelt wish, from the root kanksh, to long for.
How do you pronounce Akanksha?
It is said uh-KANK-shuh /ษหkษลk.สษ/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Akanksha a boy or girl name?
Akanksha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Akanksha?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early two-thousands, though it is well known in India.