Given name & surname

Sadhu

“good; good man, holy man”

Sadhu is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “good; good man, holy man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sadhu means “good; good man, holy man.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Sadhu comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

People named Sadhu

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Sadhu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Sanskrit

Ashu

“fast”

No U.S. birth series

64% boys · 36% girls

Sanskrit

Sudhanshu

Sudhanshu is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Sanjoy

Sanjoy is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Sanidhya

Sanidhya is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Sarvoday

“all” · “sunrise, rising”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Prithu

“large, great, important, abundant”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit · Modern

Samay

“time”

30RareRising fast

88% boys · 12% girls

Sanskrit

Satavahana

Satavahana is a surname from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sadhu’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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