Entry № 9234 · Sanskrit origin

Sarasvati Sarasvati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAH-rah-SVAH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Devi of learning / Vac"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "devi of learning / vac".

Sarasvati is from the Sanskrit Sarasvatī.

Devi of learning / Vac — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

Sarasvati
Transliteration
Sarasvatī
Pronunciation
/ ˌsɑː.rɑːˈsvɑː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sarasvati stands.

Sarasvati 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.

Sarasvatis before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Sarasvati.

The number behind Sarasvati.

2

The Peacemaker

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