Entry № 11409 · Sanskrit origin

Vrishti Vrishti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VRISH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Rain (Krishna's Govardhan rain miracle)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "rain (krishna's govardhan rain miracle)".

Vrishti is from the Sanskrit वृष्टि (Vṛṣṭi — rain, shower of rain) — from Sanskrit vṛṣ (to rain/pour). Vrishti is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Vedic heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu Vaishnava heritage.

Rain (Krishna's Govardhan rain miracle) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वृष्टि
Transliteration
Vṛṣṭi
Pronunciation
/ ˈvrɪʃ.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vrishti stands.

Vrishti 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.

Vrishtis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vrishti / Govardhan Lila
Krishna lifted Mount Govardhan for seven days + sheltered Vrindavan from Indra's rain-storm + Bhagavata Purana 10.24-25 + Govardhan Puja + Annakut.
Bhagavata Purana

Names connected to Vrishti.

The number behind Vrishti.

6

The Nurturer

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