Priti
/P-R-IY-T-IY/
Affection, delight, love — from Sanskrit prīti, ‘tender pleasure,’ built on prī, ‘to please, satisfy.’ A warm Hindu feminine name naming the gladness of the heart and the contentment that loving and being loved bring.
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This page tells you what Priti means. The app tells you whether it's right for your baby — scored against your family & your heritage, and your baby's birth details.
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Meaning & origin
Yes — Priti is a Hindu girl name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “Affection, delight, love — from Sanskrit prīti, ‘tender pleasure,’ built on prī, ‘to please, satisfy.’ A warm Hindu feminine name naming the gladness of the heart and the contentment that loving and being loved bring.”.
Priti is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin, traditionally used in Hindu families. The name means "Affection, delight, love — from Sanskrit prīti, ‘tender pleasure,’ built on prī, ‘to please, satisfy.’ A warm Hindu feminine name naming the gladness of the heart and the contentment that loving and being loved bring." and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.
Common among Indian, Nepali, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayali families, Priti carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.
Priti's nakshatra & rashi
In Hindu tradition, a baby's name is chosen to harmonise with their nakshatra (birth star) and rashi (moon sign) — most often through an auspicious first syllable. Priti opens with “Pr”. Whether that's auspicious for your baby depends on their exact date, time and place of birth.
NameRoot works it out for you. Enter your baby's birth details and see exactly which nakshatra and rashi Priti aligns with — and how strongly it scores.
See Priti's nakshatra reading →What does Priti's numerology say?
Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Priti resonates in either tradition.
Priti's destiny number is 9 — but a number only matters in context. The app matches it to your family's own numbers for a real compatibility read. See Priti's full reading →
Does Priti go with your family's names?
Priti breaks into 5 sounds: /P-R-IY-T-IY/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Priti sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Priti beside your family's names →
Names similar to Priti
If Priti resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.
From the same tradition
Other Hindu girl names, common in Indian families
Sharing the same meaning
Other Hindu girl names from the Love cluster
Names that sound similar
Hindu girl names that open with the same syllables as Priti
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Common questions about Priti
What does the name Priti mean?
Priti means "Affection, delight, love — from Sanskrit prīti, ‘tender pleasure,’ built on prī, ‘to please, satisfy.’ A warm Hindu feminine name naming the gladness of the heart and the contentment that loving and being loved bring.." It is a girl name of Sanskrit origin, traditionally used in Hindu families.
Is Priti a boy or girl name?
Priti is most commonly used as a girl name.
What is the origin of the name Priti?
Priti is of Sanskrit origin, used in Hindu tradition, commonly among Indian, Nepali, Marathi families.
Is Priti a Hindu name?
Yes. Priti is a girl name traditionally used in Hindu families, of Sanskrit origin.
What does Priti mean in Sanskrit?
Priti originates from Sanskrit, where it means "Affection, delight, love — from Sanskrit prīti, ‘tender pleasure,’ built on prī, ‘to please, satisfy.’ A warm Hindu feminine name naming the gladness of the heart and the contentment that loving and being loved bring.."
What is the numerology of Priti?
Priti has a Pythagorean destiny number of 9 — compassion and humanitarian service.
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