Entry № 8549 · Sanskrit origin

Rashmi Rashmi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAHSH-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ray of light, beam"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "ray of light, beam".

Rashmi (रश्मि) is the Sanskrit word for "ray of light" or "beam" — particularly a sunbeam.

Rashmi is widely used in India.

Sunbeam. The Sanskrit ray.

The name in its native script.

रश्मि
Transliteration
Raśmi
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑːʃ.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rashmi stands.

Rashmi 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.

Rashmis before her.

Real people
Rashmi Desai
Indian actress.
born 1986
In fiction
Rashmi
Common in Indian films.

Names connected to Rashmi.

The number behind Rashmi.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rashmi reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.