Dhriti

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Courage, morale, steadiness; Determination, courage; Patience, firmness”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Sahana — Meanings families give: Patience, raga name; Patient, enduring, tolerant; Patience, tolerance; a classical raga; Patience, endurance, musical raga
• Kshama — Forgiveness, patience, tolerance
• Sankalp — Resolution, firm determination and sacred vow
• Nischay — Determination, firm resolve and unwavering purpose
• Sankalpa — Resolution, determination, vow
• Shaurya — Meanings families give: Bravery, valor; Bravery, valor and courage in the face of danger; Bravery, valour

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Gujarati origin

• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Shivani — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva; Goddess Parvati; belonging to Shiva
• Meera — Meanings families give: Devoted, ocean; Devotee of Lord Krishna; ocean; Saintly, prosperous, ocean; Devotee of Krishna, ocean
• Nishka — Meanings families give: Pure, honest gold; Pure, gold coin
• Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
• Divya — Meanings families give: Divine, heavenly; Divine, heavenly, brilliant; Divine, heavenly, brilliant light; Divine, brilliant, beautiful

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.

Where this comes from

Dhriti 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.