Entry № 7534 · Sanskrit origin

Nivriti Nivriti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nee-VREE-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Renunciation / withdrawal"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "renunciation / withdrawal".

Nivriti is from the Sanskrit Nivṛtti. pan-Hindu renunciate heritage.

pan-Hindu renunciate heritage

The name in its native script.

निवृत्ति
Transliteration
Nivṛtti
Pronunciation
/ niːˈvriː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nivriti stands.

Nivriti 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.

Nivritis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 18:30 / Sant Nivrittinath Dnyaneshwar
Sanskrit withdrawal cessation renunciation + ni- down + vṛt to turn + Pravṛtti engagement-with-world + Bhagavad Gita 18:30 pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca + Manusmriti + Sant Nivrittinath brother of Dnyaneshwar 13th c.
Hindu renunciate

Names connected to Nivriti.

The number behind Nivriti.

2

The Peacemaker

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