Entry № 8041 · Sanskrit origin

Pavithra Pavithra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pah-VEE-thrah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Pure / sacred"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "pure / sacred".

Pavithra is from the Sanskrit Pavitrā.

Pure / sacred — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

पवित्रा
Transliteration
Pavitrā
Pronunciation
/ pəˈviː.θrə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pavithra stands.

Pavithra 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.

Pavithras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Pavitra Ekadashi / Vedic ritual
Sanskrit pure sacred + Pavitra thread in Hindu rituals + Pavitra Ekadashi fasting day + Atharva Veda + Yajurveda + pan-Hindu ritual-purity heritage
Hindu ritual

Names connected to Pavithra.

The number behind Pavithra.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pavithra reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.