Entry № 9741 · Sanskrit origin

Sindhu Sindhu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SIN-doo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Indus river"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "indus river".

Sindhu is from the Sanskrit Sindhu.

Indus river — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सिन्धु
Transliteration
Sindhu
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɪn.duː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sindhu stands.

Sindhu 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.

Sindhus before her.

Real people

In fiction
Indus Valley Civilization ~3300-1300 BCE / Rigveda Nadi-Stuti 10.75 / P.V. Sindhu Olympic
Sanskrit Indus-river ocean + India + Hindu + Hindustan via Persian Hindu + Greek Indos + Sindhu-Sarasvatī Civilization Indus Valley ~3300-1300 BCE Harappa + Mohenjo-daro + Rigveda Nadī-Stuti Sūkta 10.75 seven-rivers Sindhu + Sarasvati + Śatadru Sutlej + Vipāś Beas + Paruṣṇī Ravi + Asiknī Chenab + Vitastā Jhelum + P.V. Sindhu 1995- Badminton Olympic Silver 2016 + Bronze 2020 + Padma Bhushan 2020
Indus + Sindhu Olympic

Names connected to Sindhu.

The number behind Sindhu.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sindhu reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.