Entry № 8754 · Sanskrit origin

Ritvi Ritvi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Priestess / seasonal-worshipper (Vedic)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "priestess / seasonal-worshipper (vedic)".

Ritvi is from the Sanskrit Ṛtvī.

Priestess / seasonal-worshipper (Vedic) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ऋत्वी
Transliteration
Ṛtvī
Pronunciation
/ ˈriːt.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ritvi stands.

Ritvi 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.

Ritvis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vedic four Ritvij priests / Yajna sacrifice
Sanskrit priestess ritual-officiant + ṛtvij Vedic priest + four-classes Hotā + Adhvaryu + Udgātā + Brahman + Vedic Yajna + Rigveda + Yajurveda + Sama Veda + Atharva Veda + Brahmana-texts
Vedic priesthood

Names connected to Ritvi.

The number behind Ritvi.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ritvi reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.