Entry № 9626 · Sanskrit origin

Shreshtha Shreshtha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHRESH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Best / supreme"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "best / supreme".

Shreshtha is from the Sanskrit Śreṣṭhā.

Best / supreme — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

श्रेष्ठा
Transliteration
Śreṣṭhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃrɛʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shreshtha stands.

Shreshtha 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.

Shreshthas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 3:21
Sanskrit best supreme excellent + Bhagavad Gita 3:21 Whatever action is performed by the best others follow + Vedantic + Bhagavata Purana + Mahabharata + Ramayana epic
Hindu scripture

Names connected to Shreshtha.

The number behind Shreshtha.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shreshtha reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.