Purvi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- POOR-vee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Purvi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “eastern, of the east”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Purvi mean?
Sanskrit: from purvi 'eastern', feminine of purva
“eastern, of the east”
Purvi is also the name of one of the ten thaats, or parent scales, of Hindustani classical music.
Is Purvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Purvi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Purvi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Purvi, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1981, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more girls named Purvi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Purvi in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Purvi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
Names like Purvi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhriti, Sanvi, Saanvi, Priya, Krishvi, Vaani, Yashvi, Anvi, Avani, Pranshi, Aashvi, Kashvi
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, “Purvi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/purvi, updated 20 October 2026.