Sindhu
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SIN-doo
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Sindhu is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “river, ocean”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sindhu mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit sindhu
“river, ocean”
Sindhu is the Sanskrit name of the Indus River, from which the words Hindu and India derive.
Is Sindhu a girl's or a boy's name?
Sindhu is a girls' name.
How popular is Sindhu 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 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Sindhu in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sindhu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Sindhu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shreya, Priya, Sanvi, Krishvi, Shriya, Saanvi, Kavya, Dhara, Tanvi, Navya, Kridha, Dhriti
Names related to Sindhu
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, “Sindhu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sindhu, updated 20 October 2026.