Entry № 2662 · Sanskrit origin

Drishti Drishti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DRISH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Vision / sight (Hindu evil-eye protection)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "vision / sight (hindu evil-eye protection)".

Drishti is from the Sanskrit Dṛṣṭi.

Vision / sight (Hindu evil-eye protection) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दृष्टि
Transliteration
Dṛṣṭi
Pronunciation
/ ˈdrɪʃ.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Drishti stands.

Drishti 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.

Drishtis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Patanjali Yoga / Nazar Battu
Sanskrit vision gaze + yogic concept of focused gaze in asana + Nazar Battu evil-eye protection + Patanjali Yoga Sutras + pan-Hindu Buddhist heritage
Hindu yoga

Names connected to Drishti.

The number behind Drishti.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Drishti reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.