The baby name Bhakthi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bʱək.t̪i/ (approx. "BHAK-tee" or "BUHK-tee").
Bhakthi is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Bhakthi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bʱək.t̪i/ (approx. "BHAK-tee" or "BUHK-tee").
Bhakthi is Sanskrit in Origin.
From Sanskrit bhakti (भक्ति), derived from the root bhaj “to share, adore, worship,” Bhakthi means “devotion,” “loving attachment to the Divine,” and “piety.” The spelling Bhakthi reflects South Indian transliterations; the pan-Indian form is Bhakti. Related forms include Bhaktee and, conceptually, the masculine Bhakta (“devotee”). Cognates appear in Pali as bhatti and in Sinhala as bhaktiya, all conveying reverent devotion.
Used primarily as a feminine given name across Hindu, Jain, and Sikh communities, Bhakthi evokes the medieval Bhakti movement, when poet-saints like Mirabai, Tulsidas, and Chaitanya emphasized personal devotion over ritual. The name signals humility, faith, and heartfelt worship, and is popular in India (notably Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu) as well as the diaspora. Variants and diminutives are minimal; parents typically retain the simple, resonant Bhakti/Bhakthi to foreground the virtue it names.
Bhakthi is a genuine rarity. In all, it appears just 13 times, across 5 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,687 | 5 | 28,008 |
Bhakthi is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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