Entry № 51 · Sanskrit origin

Abheeshta Abheeshta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-BEESH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Desired / cherished"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "desired / cherished".

Abheeshta is from the Sanskrit Abhīṣṭā.

Desired / cherished — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अभीष्टा
Transliteration
Abhīṣṭā
Pronunciation
/ əˈbiːʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Abheeshta stands.

Abheeshta does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Abheeshtas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ishta-Devata chosen deity / Bhagavad Gita 7:21-22
Sanskrit desired cherished sought-after + abhi- toward + iṣṭa desired + Iṣṭa-Devatā chosen-deity + Iṣṭa-Siddhi + Bhagavad Gita 7:21-22 yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitum icchati
Hindu Ishta

Names connected to Abheeshta.

The number behind Abheeshta.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Abheeshta reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.