Given name
Keerthi
“having fame and glory”
Keerthi is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “having fame and glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having fame and glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keerthi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 0 boys · 253 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,071 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.
Keerthi’s family of names
In English usage, Keerthi has a related form in KIRTI. Keerthi has a related form in Kearthey. Keerthi has a related form in Kearthi.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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