Entry № 10576 · Sanskrit origin

Thumri Thumri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Hindustani classical genre"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "hindustani classical genre".

Thumri is from the Sanskrit Ṭhumrī.

Hindustani classical genre — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ठुमरी
Transliteration
Ṭhumrī
Pronunciation
/ ˈθuːm.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Thumri stands.

Thumri 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.

Thumris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Wajid Ali Shah 1822-1887 / Girija Devi Thumri Queen Padma Vibhushan
Sanskrit / Hindi Hindustani classical vocal-genre + Awadh court of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah 1822-1887 + Banaras + Lucknow gharanas + Krishna-Radha bhakti + Girija Devi 1929-2017 Padma Vibhushan Thumri Queen + Rasoolan Bai + Begum Akhtar + Shobha Gurtu
Hindustani music

Names connected to Thumri.

The number behind Thumri.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Thumri reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.