Savitri

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sabitri in BD Bangladesh, NP Nepal, FI Finland and 2 more, Sawitree in TH Thailand, SE Sweden, Савитри in RU Russia and Sarwat in PK Pakistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Savitri is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name4.7K records spelled Savitri2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Sāvitrī

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Savitri is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, The Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 115 years between 1893–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 246 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Savitri?

We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Savitri (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Savitri have the most bearers?

Savitri is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled savitri.

Where is Savitri most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Savitri is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 845 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Savitri compared with other names?

In India, Savitri is the 71st most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Savitri a male or female name?

Savitri is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Savitri mean?

Recorded meaning: Sanskrit: ‘belonging to Savitr’ (the sun god); the name of the main prayer in Hindu ceremonies, personified as the wife or daughter of the sun or of Brahma.