Brishti

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Rain; the blessed monsoon rains”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Varun — Meanings families give: Lord of the water; God of water, the Vedic deity of oceans and rains; God of water, sea; Water god, ocean, rain
• Varsha — pl. (exceptionally sg.) the rains, rainy season, monsoon
• Keya — Meanings families give: A flower, monsoon flower; A flower; monsoon flower
• Rimjhim — Meanings families give: Drizzling rain, pitter patter; Sound of light rain; pitter-patter of monsoon
• Barsha — Meanings families give: Rain; Rain, monsoon
• Malhar — Rain raga, bringing monsoon

More girls' names of Bengali origin

• Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
• Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
• Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
• Mili — To meet, to unite
• Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice
• Madhumita — Sweet friend; intoxicating sweetness

Where this comes from

Brishti has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.