Entry № 6277 · Sanskrit origin

Maitri Maitri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Loving-kindness (Buddhist Sanskrit)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "loving-kindness (buddhist sanskrit)".

Maitri (मैत्री, Pali: metta) is the Sanskrit word for "loving-kindness" — the first of the four Brahmavihārās of Buddhism. The benevolent wish that all beings be happy.

The Buddha Maitreya (the future Buddha) is named for her.

Loving-kindness. The Buddhist metta.

The name in its native script.

मैत्री
Transliteration
Maitrī
Pronunciation
/ ˈmaɪ.tri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maitri stands.

Maitri 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.

Maitris before her.

Real people
Maitri
Common Indian name.
In fiction
Maitri
Buddhist sublime state.
Pali Canon

Names connected to Maitri.

The number behind Maitri.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maitri reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.