What does the name Vishvamitra mean?

Vishvamitra means "Friend of all, friend of the world". It is a boy's name of Sanskrit origin.

Vishvamitra

Q: Is Vishvamitra a name from Hindu mythology?

Yes — Vishvamitra appears in the Rāmāyaṇa: Received the rishi title from Brahma; practiced austerities on the Koushiki banks for 1000 years.

Vishvamitra means Friend of all, friend of the world.

Gender	boy
Origin	Sanskrit
Language	Hindi
Starts with	V

In the epics

Vishvamitra appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a sage: Received the rishi title from Brahma; practiced austerities on the Koushiki banks for 1000 years.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Friend of all, friend of the world”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Jagabandhu — Friend of the world, Lord Jagannath
Yara — Friend, companion, beloved
Gurmeet — Friend of the Guru, Guru's companion
Jagmeet — Friend of the world, companion to all
Madhumita — Sweet friend; intoxicating sweetness
Sukhmeet — Friend of peace, companion of serenity

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
Reyansh — Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
Aryan — Noble, of high birth
Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive

Where this comes from

Vishvamitra has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. 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.