Entry № 9826 · Sanskrit origin

Sneha Sneha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SNEH-hah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Love, affection"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "love, affection".

Sneha (स्नेह) is the Sanskrit word for "love" — particularly tender, affectionate love between family members or close friends. Distinguished from kama (passion) and prema (divine love).

Sneha is widely used across India.

Affection. The Sanskrit family love.

The name in its native script.

स्नेह
Transliteration
Sneha
Pronunciation
/ ˈsnɛ.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sneha stands.

Sneha 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.

Snehas before her.

Real people
Sneha Ullal
Indian actress.
born 1987
In fiction
Sneha
Common in Indian films.

Names connected to Sneha.

The number behind Sneha.

2

The Peacemaker

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