Entry № 2489 · Sanskrit origin

Dhruva Dhruva — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DROO-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Pole star / immovable"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "pole star / immovable".

Dhruva is from the Sanskrit Dhruvā.

Pole star / immovable — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ध्रुवा
Transliteration
Dhruvā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdruː.və /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dhruva stands.

Dhruva 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.

Dhruvas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Dhruva Uttanapada Suniti Bhagavata 4:8-12 / 5 years old insulted step mother Suruchi tapas Madhuvana Yamuna Vishnu Darshana pole star / Bhakti tapas / Dhruva-Naga / Dhruva-Sthana Vishnu / last Ashta-Vasus / Bhagavad Gita 12:6-8 mayy eva mana adhatsva
Sanskrit immovable pole-star Polaris + dhṛ to hold + Dhruva Uttānapāda + Sunīti Bhagavata Purana Canto 4 Chapters 8-12 + 5-year-old Dhruva Suruci Madhuvana Yamuna Vishnu-Darshana Dhruva-Nakṣatra + Bhakti + tapas + Dhruva-Nāga + Dhruva-Sthāna + Dhruva Aṣṭa-Vasus + Ura-Nāga + Bhagavad Gita 12:6-8 mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya
Dhruva

Names connected to Dhruva.

The number behind Dhruva.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dhruva reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.