Entry № 6063 · Sanskrit origin

Tirtha Tirtha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEER-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sacred-crossing / pilgrimage-site (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
Rank · US 2025
№ None
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "sacred-crossing / pilgrimage-site (sanskrit + foundational)".

Tirtha is from the Sanskrit Tīrthā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Tirtha is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Tīrthā sacred-crossing pilgrimage-Devi + Sanskrit tṛ cross + foundational central Tīrtha foundational-central-Sanskrit-sacred-crossing-place-of-pilgrimage foundational-central-Hindu-holy-site + foundational central Char-Dhām foundational-central-4-Great-Tīrthas Badrinath + Dvaraka + Puri + Rameshwaram foundational-central-4-Great-Dhāmas established-by Adi Shankaracharya 788-820 CE + foundational central Chota-Char-Dhām foundational-central-4-Uttarakhand Tīrthas Yamunotri + Gangotri + Kedarnath + Badrinath foundational-central-Himalayan-4-Dhāmas + foundational central Sapta-Puri foundational-central-7-holy-cities Ayodhya + Mathura + Māyā-Haridvāra + Kāśī-Vārāṇasī + Kāñcīpuram + Avantikā-Ujjain + Dvārakā foundational-central-7-Mokṣadā-Puri + foundational central 12-Jyotirlingas foundational-central-12-Shiva-Tirthas Somnath + Mallikarjuna + Mahakaleshwar + Omkareshwar + Kedarnath + Bhimashankar + Kashi-Vishwanath + Trimbakeshwar + Vaidyanath + Nageshwar + Rameshwar + Grishneshwar foundational-central-12-Jyotirlingas + foundational central 51-Śakti-Pīṭhas foundational-central-51-Devi-Tirthas Kāmarūpa-Kāmākhya + Vārāṇasī-Viśālākṣī + Prayāga-Lalitā + Kāñcī-Kāmākṣī + Kolhapur-Mahālakṣmī + Ujjain-Mahā-Kālī + Puri-Vimalā + Dvārakā-Bhīma foundational-central-51-Devi-shrines + foundational central Kumbh-Mela at Prayagraj + Haridwar + Nashik + Ujjain foundational-central-4-Kumbh-sites + foundational central Tīrtha-Yātrā-Rāj foundational-central-Prayagraj King-of-Tirthas + Kāśī-Yātrā Vārāṇasī-Yātrā + Setu-Yātrā Rāmeshwaram-Yātrā + Girivalam Aruṇāchala-Yātrā + foundational central Padma Purana Tīrtha-Māhātmya + Skanda Purana Prayāga-Khaṇḍa + Kāśī-Khaṇḍa + Śetu-Khaṇḍa + Kedāra-Khaṇḍa foundational-central-Tīrtha-Māhātmyas + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 6:44 pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo pi saḥ + 7:6-7 etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇīty upadhāraya + foundational pan-Hindu heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

The name in its native script.

Tirtha
Transliteration
Tīrthā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtiːr.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tirtha stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ None in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Tirtha · last year
0 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Tirthas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Tirtha.

The number behind Tirtha.

1

The Pioneer

Tirtha reduces to one.

Why families chose this name.