Entry № 978 · Sanskrit origin

Ashrita Ashrita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHSH-ree-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sheltered / protected"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sheltered / protected".

Ashrita is from the Sanskrit Āśritā.

Sheltered / protected — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

आश्रिता
Transliteration
Āśritā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːʃ.ri.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ashrita stands.

Ashrita 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.

Ashritas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 18:66 / Ashrita Furman Guinness Records
Sanskrit sheltered protected + Śaraṇāgati Sri Vaishnavism + Ramanujacharya + Bhagavad Gita 18:66 sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja + Ashrita Furman Guinness ~700 records
Hindu bhakti + records

Names connected to Ashrita.

The number behind Ashrita.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ashrita reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.