Entry № 570 · Sanskrit origin

Amrit Amrit — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHM-rit /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Immortal nectar"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "immortal nectar".

Amrit (अमृत / ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ) is the Sanskrit-Punjabi word for "immortal nectar" — the elixir of immortality. In Sikhism, Amrit is the sacred nectar used in the Amrit Sanskar (baptism) ceremony.

Amrita Pritam (1919-2005) was the iconic Punjabi poet.

Immortal nectar. The Sikh baptism.

The name in its native script.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ
Transliteration
Amrit
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːm.rɪt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amrit stands.

Amrit does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Amrits before her.

Real people
Amrita Pritam
Punjabi poet (variant).
1919 – 2005
In fiction
Amrit
Common in South Asian fiction.

Names connected to Amrit.

The number behind Amrit.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amrit reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.