Entry № 10171 · Sanskrit origin

Sushruta Sushruta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-SHROO-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Well-heard (Sushruta Samhita father of surgery)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "well-heard (sushruta samhita father of surgery)".

Sushruta is from the Sanskrit सुश्रुत (Suśruta — well-heard, renowned) — from Sanskrit su (well) + śruta (heard). Sushruta is one of the Sanskrit unisex names — central to traditional Hindu Ayurvedic heritage. The name connects to Sushruta (c.

Well-heard (Sushruta Samhita father of surgery) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सुश्रुत
Transliteration
Suśruta
Pronunciation
/ suːˈʃruː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sushruta stands.

Sushruta 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.

Sushrutas before her.

Real people
Sushruta
Ancient Indian physician + author of Sushruta Samhita + father of surgery + pioneered rhinoplasty.
c. 600 BCE
In fiction
Sushruta
Sanskrit well-heard + Ayurvedic Brihat Trayi Great Triad.
Sushruta Samhita

Names connected to Sushruta.

The number behind Sushruta.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sushruta reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.