Entry № 5517 · Sanskrit origin

Kirti Kirti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KEER-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Fame / glory"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "fame / glory".

Kirti is from the Sanskrit Kīrti.

Fame / glory — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

कीर्ति
Transliteration
Kīrti
Pronunciation
/ ˈkiːr.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kirti stands.

Kirti 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.

Kirtis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mahabharata / Daksha
Sanskrit fame glory + Mahabharata + Ramayana epic heroic heritage + Kirti one of ten daughters of Daksha Prajapati + Kirti Kulhari + pan-Hindu naming
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Kirti.

The number behind Kirti.

4

The Builder

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