Given name & surname
Sati
Sati is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “one who speaks the truth; in Hinduism, a goddess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “one who speaks the truth; in Hinduism, a goddess.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sati through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,862 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,862 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 215 as a first name in 2020; 226 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sati’s family of names
Sati has a related form in Satea. Sati has a related form in Satee. Sati has a related form in Satey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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