Entry № 9616 · Sanskrit origin

Shraddha Shraddha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHRAH-dhah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Faith / devotion (iconic Shraddha Kapoor Bollywood)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "faith / devotion (iconic shraddha kapoor bollywood)".

Shraddha is from the Sanskrit śraddhā (श्रद्धा — faith, trust, devotion). Shraddha in Sanskrit tradition — the Sanskrit concept of feminine spiritual faith; central to classical Indian philosophy; appears throughout the iconic Bhagavad Gita (c. 5th-2nd century BCE) — including the Shraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga (Chapter 17 — "The Yoga of the Threefold Faith"); central to traditional Hindu Bhakti devotional tradition; the iconic Sanskrit shraddha is one of the spiritual virtues of Hindu philosophy. Princess Shraddha — Hindu heritage naming.

Faith / devotion (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

श्रद्धा
Transliteration
Śraddhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃrɑːd.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shraddha stands.

Shraddha 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.

Shraddhas before her.

Real people
Shraddha Kapoor
Iconic Bollywood + Stree 2 + 80M Instagram.
born 1987
In fiction
Shraddha (Gita)
Sanskrit faith.

Names connected to Shraddha.

The number behind Shraddha.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shraddha reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.