Entry № 9966 · Sanskrit origin

Spruha Spruha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SPROO-hah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Desire / aspiration"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "desire / aspiration".

Spruha is from the Sanskrit Spṛhā.

Desire / aspiration — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

स्पृहा
Transliteration
Spṛhā
Pronunciation
/ ˈspruː.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Spruha stands.

Spruha 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.

Spruhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 2:56 / vītarāga
Sanskrit desire longing aspiration + spṛh to desire + Bhagavad Gita 2:56 Beyond desire (vītarāga) without anger and fear is one of stable mind + Patanjali Yoga Sutras + Hindu Buddhist Jain
Hindu scripture

Names connected to Spruha.

The number behind Spruha.

2

The Peacemaker

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