Entry № 11164 · Sanskrit origin

Vasishthi Vasishthi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vah-SEESH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Vasishthas wife / Arundhati"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "vasishthas wife / arundhati".

Vasishthi is from the Sanskrit Vasiṣṭhī.

Vasishthas wife / Arundhati — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वसिष्ठी
Transliteration
Vasiṣṭhī
Pronunciation
/ vəˈsiːʃ.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vasishthi stands.

Vasishthi 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.

Vasishthis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vasishtha Sapta-Rishi Ikshvaku family priest / Yoga-Vasishtha 32000 verses Rama / Arundhati pole-star / Vasishtha-Vishvamitra rivalry
Sanskrit wife-of-Vasishtha related-to-Vasishtha + Vasiṣṭha Sapta-Ṛṣi seven-sages + family-priest of Ikshvaku-dynasty Rama + Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha Advaita Vedanta 32000-verses dialogues Vasishtha + young-Rama + Arundhatī pole-star embodiment-of-marital-fidelity + Vasiṣṭha-Viśvāmitra rivalry
Vedic Vasishtha

Names connected to Vasishthi.

The number behind Vasishthi.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vasishthi reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.