Entry № 8571 · Sanskrit origin

Ratri Ratri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Night-goddess (Vedic)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "night-goddess (vedic)".

Ratri is from the Sanskrit Rātrī.

Night-goddess (Vedic) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

रात्री
Transliteration
Rātrī
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.tri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ratri stands.

Ratri 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.

Ratris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rigveda 10.127 Ratri Sukta 8 verses / Kala-Ratri Navadurga / Shivaratri
Sanskrit night-goddess Vedic-Night + Rātri Sūkta Rigveda 10.127 Vedic-hymn by Kuśika daughter Rātri + eight-verses invoking-night as protective-goddess + Devī Sūkta Rigveda 10.125 Vāk-hymn + Kāla-Rātri seventh of Navadurga Kali-form + Mahā-Kāla-Rātri Kali-Yuga-end + Śiva-Rātri Phalguna-Krishna-Chaturdashi
Vedic Night

Names connected to Ratri.

The number behind Ratri.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ratri reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.