Urvashi: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Urvashi – Meaning: greatly desired or widely pervading – Origin: Sanskrit – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: OOR-vuh-shee


Urvashi is a Sanskrit girl's name meaning “greatly desired or widely pervading”. It appears in our list of 200+ Indian Baby Girl Names Spanning Every Region and Tradition.

Meaning & Origin of Urvashi

Meaning: Greatly desired or widely pervading.

Origin: Sanskrit.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Urvashi

Phonetic: OOR-vuh-shee   IPA: /ˈʊərvəʃiː/

Popularity of Urvashi

Urvashi doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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