Anuttama (अनुत्तम, IAST: Anuttama) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who has none above Him; the unsurpassed”. From the negative prefix an- and uttama (highest, best), this epithet declares Vishnu to be absolutely without superior — the one Being beyond whom no higher excellence can be conceived.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Uttama is already a superlative, meaning the topmost or the best, and the negation an- removes even the logical possibility of surpassing Him, creating a term of absolute supremacy. This is a philosophically precise name: it does not merely say He is great but that greatness itself reaches its terminus in Him. A son named Anuttama is blessed with the ideal of striving always for the highest, knowing that true perfection rests in surrender to the Divine.

Anuttama is an epithet of Vishnu used across both devotional and Vedantic literature; as a given name it is clean, pronounceable, and carries serene spiritual power. Stress the second syllable: a-nut-ta-ma.

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Scriptural source

Anuttama appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Anuttama aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.