Entry № 9507 · Sanskrit origin

Shanti Shanti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHAHN-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Peace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "peace".

Shanti is from the Sanskrit śānti (शान्ति — peace, tranquility, calmness). Shantideva (c. Princess Shanti — Hindu heritage naming.

Peace — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शान्ति
Transliteration
Śānti
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɑːn.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shanti stands.

Shanti 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.

Shantis before her.

Real people
Shanti Hiranand
Iconic Indian ghazal singer + Padma Shri 2007.
1932 – 2020
In fiction
Shanti (Mantra)
Hindu peace mantra.

Names connected to Shanti.

The number behind Shanti.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shanti reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.