The story behind Shri
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).
Pronunciation
US English (ARPAbet): SH R IY1
This is a US English dictionary reading of the spelling; personal pronunciations may differ. Digits mark stress: 0 is unstressed, 1 is primary, 2 is secondary. Pronunciation source and notation.
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Names Similar to Shri
Smŕti
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्मृति (smṛti). Doublet of सुरत (surat).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Sŕṣṭi
Borrowed from Sanskrit सृष्टि (sṛṣṭi).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Kŕti
Borrowed from Sanskrit कृति (kṛ́ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Ŕddhi
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋद्धि (ṛ́ddhi).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Ŕṣi
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Sneh
Transliteration of Hindi स्नेह (sneh), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha). Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Shri
Uma
Sense 1 is from Sanskrit उमा (umā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Aarti
Borrowed from Sanskrit आरती (āratī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abhay
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya), equivalent to अ- (a-) + भय (bhay).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Shri
Ajay
Transliteration of Hindi अजय (ajay), etc. Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजय (ajaya, “victorious; undefeatable”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Amit
Transliteration of Hindi अमित (amit), Marathi अमित (amit), Gujarati અમિત (amit), Bengali অমিত (omito), etc. Transliteration of Hebrew עָמִית ('amít). Borrowed from Sanskrit…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Anil
Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection