Nyai Loro Kidul

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Nyai Loro Kidul, also known as the Queen of the Southern Ocean, is a mythical figure in Javanese folklore. She is said to be a beautiful princess who was drowned in the Indian Ocean and became a goddess. Her name translates to "the lady of the southern ocean" in Javanese.
Scripts(How to write)
In Javanese script, Nyai Loro Kidul is written as "ꦤꦧꦭꦸꦭꦺꦴꦏꦶ".
ꦚꦲꦶꦫꦫꦏꦶꦢꦸꦭ꧀(Javanese)
Popularity
Nyai Loro Kidul is not a commonly used name outside of Javanese culture.

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Nyai Loro Kidul Name meanings & History

Javanese, Indonesian folklore. Nyai Loro Kidul, also known as the Queen of the Southern Ocean, is a mythical figure in Javanese folklore. She is said to be a beautiful princess who was drowned in the Indian Ocean and became a goddess. Her name translates to "the lady of the southern ocean" in Javanese. The name of an Indonesia sea goddess, also known as Queen of the Southern Sea. Her name is derived from the honorific nyai, loro meaning "two", and kidul meaning "south, southern". Folk etymology also links her name to the Old Javanese rara or roro meaning "beautiful", which eventually became lara meaning "ill, heartsick", which was changed through Dutch orthography into loro. Nyai Loro Kidul is not a popular name for babies in Javanese culture. It is mostly associated with folklore and mythology.

Zodiac Sign of Nyai Loro Kidul: Neat Virgo

Synonyms of Nyai Loro Kidul:

N: Nagging,Neat,Nice,Neurosis,Nitpicking,Nutrition,Nervous

Y: Yen/money,Yin/Yang,Youth-giving

A: Argumentative,Ambitious,Aggressive,Action,Assertive,Angry

I: Involved,Intimate,Indulgence

L: Legal,Languid,Luscious,Liaison,Lover,Lovely,Lazy

O: Organized,Ostentatious,Obsolete,Obstinate,Obsessive

R: Rational,Reason,Restless,Resourceful

K: Kundalini,Karma,Karate,Kind

D: Daddy,Doting,Dutiful,Determined,Domestic,Demanding

U: Utopia,Understanding,Universality,Unity,Undermining

Nyai Loro Kidul is:

  • a Devious name
  • a Rough name
  • a Strong name

Famous People

Nyai Loro Kidul is a legendary figure in Javanese culture and hasn't been attributed to any specific famous person.

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