Vidyuth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VID-yooth
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Vidyuth is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “lightning”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vidyuth mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit vidyut
“lightning”
From Sanskrit vidyut 'lightning, flash', a name used especially by South Indian families.
Is Vidyuth a girl's or a boy's name?
Vidyuth is a boys' name.
How popular is Vidyuth in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Vidyuth in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vidyuth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Vidyuth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Shivansh Aarav Avyaan Veer Viraj Vedansh Atharv Ayansh Devansh Krishiv Vivaan
Names related to Vidyuth
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
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, “Vidyuth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vidyuth, updated 20 October 2026.