Entry № 10750 · Sanskrit origin

Trishna Trishna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TRISH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Thirst / desire (Buddhist Tanha)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "thirst / desire (buddhist tanha)".

Trishna is from the Sanskrit तृष्णा (Tṛṣṇā — thirst, craving, desire) — cognate with Pali Taṇhā. Trishna is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist philosophical heritage.

Thirst / desire (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

तृष्णा
Transliteration
Tṛṣṇā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtrɪʃ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Trishna stands.

Trishna 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.

Trishnas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Tanha / Trishna
Buddhist Second Noble Truth cause of suffering + Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath + Tipitaka Pali Canon.
Buddhist philosophy

Names connected to Trishna.

The number behind Trishna.

8

The Visionary

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