The Buddha Śākyamuni’s personal name, which is also given in its longer form: Sarvārtha­siddha.

Lit. “One Who Accomplished His Aim.” The birth name given to the Bodhisattva by his father, King Śuddhodana. Siddhārtha is a short form of the name Sarvārthasiddha.

“One who accomplished his aim,” the name given to the Buddha Śākyamuni when he was a child.

See “Gautama.”

Siddhārtha was the Buddha Śākyamuni’s personal name, while Gautama (“descendants of Gotama”) was his family name.