Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Shanti
“one who is peaceful; tranquil”
Shanti is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; tranquil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is peaceful; tranquil.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit santi, meaning “tranquillity”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shanti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,025
- 140 boys · 1,885 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,373 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,373 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,160 as a first name in 2020; 170 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.
Shanti’s family of names
Shanti has a related form in Shante. Shanti has a related form in Shantee. Shanti has a related form in Shantea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shanti
- Shanti Swarup BhatnagarIndian chemist (1894–1955)
- Shanti RoneySwedish actorborn 1970
- Shanti LowryAmerican actress and dancerborn 1982
- Shanti HiranandIndian vocalist1932–2020
- Shanti MishraNepali librarian, lecturer and writer (1938–2019)
- Shanti DeviIndian social worker1934–2022
- Shanti SnyderJapanese singerborn 1981
- Shanti Thatalmusicianborn 1938
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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