Given name & surname · also Indian
Gauri
“a fair-skinned woman”
Gauri is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a fair-skinned woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a fair-skinned woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gauri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 594
- 0 boys · 594 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,251 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,251 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,477 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gauri’s family of names
Gauri has a related form in Gowri. Gauri has a related form in Gowri. Gauri has a related form in Gaura.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gauri
- Gauri KhanIndian film producer and fashion designerborn 1970
- Gauri LankeshIndian journalist and activist1962–2017
- K. R. Gouri AmmaIndian politician1919–2021
- Gauri Mallaactressborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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