Tirth
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sacred ford; pilgrimage site or crossing.
Tirth by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Tirth. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tirth. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Tirth, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Tirth, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tirth
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