Indian Names · Girl

Santhi name meaning

“peace, tranquillity”

Letters: 6
Syllables: 2
First letter: S
Origin: Sanskrit
Category: Indian Names
Gender: ♀ Girl

Peak 1960s: 17.8%
of the girl top-10 total

JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Decade	girl
1940s	–
1950s	–
1960s	17.8%
1970s	14.8%
1980s	7.3%
1990s	–
2000s	–
2010s	–

Indian Names: S Meaning peace Sanskrit origin

Santhi is a girl's name matching Sanskrit śānti, meaning 'peace'.

What does Santhi mean?

Peace, tranquillity

In Malay: keamanan; ketenangan

#Peace

Sources (2)

About the name Santhi

Santhi is a spelling used in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam communities, matching the Sanskrit word śānti meaning peace or tranquillity. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1960s with 1,268 baby girls.

Gender	♀ Girl
Origin	Sanskrit
Syllables	San-thi
First letter	Indian Names starting with S

Santhi in official JPN data

1940s: not in the top 10
1950s: not in the top 10
1960s: Girl: 1,268 · 17.8%
1970s: Girl: 1,118 · 14.8%
1980s: Girl: 512 · 7.3%
1990s: not in the top 10
2000s: not in the top 10
2010s: not in the top 10

People registered with Santhi as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

Wiktionary: शान्ति · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Santhi · behindthename.com · meaning

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Entry ID: mn00090 · Updated 2026-10-25 · How we research names · Report a mistake