Shruti

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: Dhanu
• Nakshatra: Purva Ashadha
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Heard, sacred scriptures, Vedas; That which is heard, the Vedas; Hearing, sacred scriptures”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Shruthi — Meanings families give: Musical pitch, what is heard; Music, sound, heard, scripture
• Sruti — hearing, range of hearing
• Sutra — that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction
• Shashwat — Eternal, permanent, that which exists always
• 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
• Gayathri — Meanings families give: Sacred Vedic hymn; A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas

Other names under Dhanu rashi

• Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
• Ayyappan — Meanings families give: Lord Ayyappa; Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
• Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
• Tanushree — Meanings families give: Beautiful body, graceful; One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
• Sowmya — Meanings families give: Gracious, calm, born of moonlight; Gentle, soft, pleasing; Gentle, calm, mild, Goddess Parvati; Gentle, soft, pleasing, calm
• Deepali — Meanings families give: Row of lamps, festival of lights; A row of lamps, Diwali lights

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

Where this comes from

Shruti 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.