Entry № 8749 · Sanskrit origin

Ritu Ritu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ REE-too /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Season"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "season".

Ritu is from the Sanskrit Ṛtu.

Season — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ऋतु
Transliteration
Ṛtu
Pronunciation
/ ˈriː.tuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ritu stands.

Ritu 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.

Ritus before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ritu Samhara / Rigveda Ṛta
Sanskrit season + six Indian seasons Vasanta + Grishma + Varsha + Sharad + Hemanta + Shishira + Kalidasa Ritu Samhara ~4th-5th c. + Rigveda Ṛta cosmic-order
Hindu calendar

Names connected to Ritu.

The number behind Ritu.

5

The Seeker

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