Nidhi

Classical Sanskrit origin

निधि (nidhi): a store, hoard, treasure.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

In the epics

Nidhi appears in the Mahābhārata as a deity: Recipient of worship along with Shankha and all guardians of riches.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

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: Vrischik
• Nakshatra: Vishakha
• More names starting with N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “a store, hoard, treasure”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Amol — Meanings families give: Priceless, invaluable treasure beyond measure; Priceless, invaluable
• Nidhin — Treasure, wealth, precious one
• Ratan — Meanings families give: Jewel, precious gem, priceless treasure of the earth; Jewel, gem; precious one
• Tamilselvan — Treasure of Tamil
• Kalaiselvi — Treasure of arts
• Anbuselvan — Treasure of love

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
• Dhriti — Meanings families give: Courage, morale, steadiness; Determination, courage; Patience, firmness

Other names under Vrischik rashi

• Neha — Meanings families give: Rain, love, affection; Love, affection, dew
• Neel — Meanings families give: Blue, sapphire; Blue, sapphire colored like the sky and ocean; Blue, sapphire; Lord Vishnu; Blue, like the sky
• Naman — Meanings families give: Salutation, bowing in reverence and respect; Salutation, bowing in respect; Salutation, bow
• Nikhil — n. complete, all
• Anusha — Star, following, after dawn
• Krisha — Meanings families give: Divine, enchanting; Feminine form of Krishna; divine

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

Where this comes from

Nidhi's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.