Entry № 5321 · Sanskrit origin

Kaveri Kaveri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-veh-ree /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Sacred South Indian river"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "sacred south indian river".

Kaveri is from the Sanskrit Kāverī.

Sacred South Indian river — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

कावेरी

Transliteration: Kāverī
Pronunciation: / ˈkɑː.vɛ.ri /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Kaveri stands.

Kaveri 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.

Namesakes

Kaveris before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Kaveri Ganges of South / Ranganathaswamy Temple Srirangam ~156 acres

Sanskrit sacred South Indian river + Talakaveri Kodagu Karnataka + Karnataka + Tamil Nadu + Sangam-era Tamil + Ranganathaswamy Temple Srirangam largest functioning Hindu temple ~156 acres + Srivaishnavism Divya Desam

South Indian pilgrimage

Names connected to Kaveri.

Numerology

The number behind Kaveri.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaveri reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.