Gowri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GOW-ree
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Gowri is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fair or radiant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gowri mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Gauri, 'fair, radiant'
“fair or radiant”
A South Indian spelling of Gauri, a name of the Hindu goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva.
Is Gowri a girl's or a boy's name?
Gowri is a girls' name.
How popular is Gowri in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Gowri in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gowri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Gowri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Yumi, Suki, Rumi, Miyori, Tru, Xuri, Kiyomi, Kaori, Kori, Kyomi, Zhuri
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gowri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gowri, updated 20 October 2026.