Given name & surname

Sindhu

Sindhu is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Sindhu isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sindhu through the years

Babies since 1880
189
0 boys · 189 girls
Most popular year
2006
18 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20060.0
Sindhu in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1981–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,446 as a first name in 2020; 221 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.

SindhuIndia

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Modern

Siniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Senaiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Synneva

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Seniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Somaiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Siba

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Idaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Cyerah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Sindhu

A sister for Sindhu