Entry № 9987 · Sanskrit origin

Sruti Sruti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHROO-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred revelation / Veda"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sacred revelation / veda".

Sruti is from the Sanskrit Śruti.

Sacred revelation / Veda — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

श्रुति
Transliteration
Śruti
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃruː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sruti stands.

Sruti 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.

Srutis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sruti revealed Vedas / Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads / Smriti remembered / Rigveda 1500-1200 BCE 10 mandalas 1028 hymns 10552 verses / 108 Upanishads Muktika / 22 Srutis per octave music
Sanskrit sacred-revelation that-which-is-heard + śru to hear + Śruti revealed-eternal-Vedas + Rigveda + Yajurveda + Samaveda + Atharvaveda + Brāhmaṇas + Āraṇyakas + Upanishads + Smṛti Puranas + Itihasas + Dharma-Shastras + Rigveda ~1500-1200 BCE 10-mandalas 1028-hymns 10552-verses + 108 Upanishads Muktikā-Canon + 22-Śrutis Indian-classical-music
Vedas Sruti

Names connected to Sruti.

The number behind Sruti.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sruti reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.