Manavati (मानवती, IAST: Mānavatī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is endowed with honour and great dignity”. From māna (honour, respect, dignity, pride in the noble sense) and the suffix -vatī (possessing in abundance), Mānavatī declares that Lalitā is supremely endowed with honour — She who is worthy of the highest reverence and who embodies sovereign dignity.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Māna in Sanskrit carries the meaning of self-respect, the sense of one's own worth, and the honour received from others. The suffix -vatī indicates rich, inherent possession of that quality. Applied to the Devī, the name affirms that She is the source of all true dignity in the universe — the One whose honour is unassailable and whose majestic presence commands the reverence of gods, sages, and devotees alike.

Mānavatī as a girl's name carries the lovely aspiration that the bearer grow into a person of deep dignity and respected character. It should be distinguished from mānava (human being), which has a different vowel length; pronounce it mā-na-va-tī.

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Scriptural source

Manavati appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Manavati aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.