Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Saraswati
“owning water; in Hinduism, a river goddess”
Saraswati is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “owning water; in Hinduism, a river goddess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “owning water; in Hinduism, a river goddess.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
It comes from the Sanskrit word saras, meaning “fluid, lake.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saraswati through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 610 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.
Saraswati’s family of names
Saraswati has a related form in Saraswatea. Saraswati has a related form in Saraswatee. Saraswati has a related form in Saraswatey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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