Kaashvi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAASH-vee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Kaashvi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “shining, luminous”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Kaashvi mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Kashvi; modern Indian name
“shining, luminous”
Usually derived from the Sanskrit root kas, 'to shine', the same root traditionally linked with Kashi, an ancient name of Varanasi.
Meaning borrowed from Kashvi.
Is Kaashvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaashvi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaashvi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Kaashvi, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Kaashvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Kashvi 22
- Kaashvi 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Kaashvi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Kaashvi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 159% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Kaashvi, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Kaashvi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Kaashvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
- Kashvi 37
- Kaashvi 20
Kaashvi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
Names like Kaashvi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishvi, Dhanvi, Dhriti, Saanvi, Yashvi, Vaani, Sanvi, Aarvi, Anvi, Keshvi, Pranshi, Aashvi
Other spellings of Kaashvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kaashvi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaashvi, updated 20 October 2026.