What does the name Manimala mean?

Manimala means "Garland of gems; precious jewel necklace". It is a girl's name of Bengali origin.

What is the classical Sanskrit origin of Manimala?

मणिमाला (maṇimālā): a string or necklace of jewels or pearls, per the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Manimala

Manimala means Garland of gems; precious jewel necklace.

Gender	girl
Origin	Bengali
Language	Bengali
Starts with	M

Classical Sanskrit origin

मणिमाला (maṇimālā): a string or necklace of jewels or pearls.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Garland of gems; precious jewel necklace”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Ekavali — Single-strung necklace, unique one
Ratnamala — Garland of gems
Ratnakar — Ocean of gems
Manimagal — Daughter of gems
Ratnabali — String of gems, garland of jewels
Ratnesh — Lord of gems, master of all precious stones

More girls' names of Bengali origin

Meghna — The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
Tanushree — One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
Rimjhim — Sound of light rain; pitter-patter of monsoon

Where this comes from

Manimala's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.