Entry № 7521 · Sanskrit origin

Nishtha Nishtha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEESH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Steadfastness / devotion (Bhagavad Gita)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "steadfastness / devotion (bhagavad gita)".

Nishtha is from the Sanskrit Niṣṭhā.

Steadfastness / devotion (Bhagavad Gita) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

निष्ठा
Transliteration
Niṣṭhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈniːʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nishtha stands.

Nishtha 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.

Nishthas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 3:3 Jnana-nishtha Karma-nishtha / Shankara
Sanskrit steadfastness firm-devotion faith conviction + ni- down + sthā to stand + Bhagavad Gita 3:3 loke smin dvi-vidhā niṣṭhā twofold paths Jnana-nishtha + Karma-nishtha + Adi Shankaracharya commentary
Hindu virtue

Names connected to Nishtha.

The number behind Nishtha.

7

The Seeker

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