Shruti
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning that which is heard; revealed knowledge.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Shruti by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shruti. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 63 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shruti. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shruthithat which is heard; divine revelation8 in the US (2017)
- Shantipeace or tranquility5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaktipower; energy; divine feminine power19 in the US (2017)
- Stutipraise or hymn16 in the US (2017)
- Shristicreation, the created universe14 in the US (2017)
- Smritimemory; recollection; hindu sacred text5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Shruti, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Shruti
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