Gaytri
Gaytri means Goddess of Vedas, divine mother.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Marathi |
| Language | Marathi |
| Starts with | G |
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: Punarvasu
- More names starting with G
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Goddess of Vedas, divine mother”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Vedant — Meanings families give: Ultimate knowledge; End of Vedas, the Upanishads and highest knowledge; Ultimate wisdom, end of the Vedas; Ultimate knowledge; Vedanta philosophy; Ultimate knowledge, Vedas; Ultimate knowledge, Vedanta philosophy
- Shruti — Meanings families give: Heard, sacred scriptures, Vedas; That which is heard, the Vedas; Hearing, sacred scriptures
- Gayathri — Meanings families give: Sacred Vedic hymn; A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
- Gayatri — Meanings families give: Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn; Sacred Vedic hymn, singer
- Vedica — Of the Vedas, sacred knowledge
- Vedprakash — Meanings families give: Light of the Vedas, illuminating through sacred scripture; Light of the Vedas, knowledge bearer
More girls' names of Sanskrit-Marathi origin
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
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Gaytri 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.