At a Glance: Name: Kaveri – Meaning: name of the sacred Kaveri River – Origin: Sanskrit/Tamil – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: KAH-vuh-ree
Kaveri is a Sanskrit/Tamil girl's name meaning “name of the sacred Kaveri River”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Kaveri
Meaning: Name of the sacred Kaveri River.
Origin: Sanskrit/Tamil.
A common claim: Often translated as 'the one with the saffron color' Actually: The 'saffron-colored' translation is a popular folk etymology, not an established scholarly derivation; the name is more reliably explained simply as the proper name of the river.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Kaveri
Phonetic: KAH-vuh-ree
Popularity of Kaveri
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1999–2024.
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