Irawati as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Irawati

What is the meaning of the name Irawati ?

The baby name Irawati is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-RAH-wah-tee (IPA: /i.ra.wa.ti/).

Irawati is Sanskrit in Origin.

Irawati is the Sanskrit Irāvatī (इरावती), a feminine compound of irā (“nourishment, refreshment; sometimes ‘water’”) + -vatī (“possessing”), yielding “she who has abundance,” often glossed as “water-rich, fertile, river.” In Vedic and classical sources Irāvatī names a sacred river - the Ravi of Punjab - and, by extension, a river goddess; the elephant Airāvata of Indra is ‘born of Irāvatī,’ preserving the same root.

As a given name, Irawati is used across India (Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil), with spellings Iravati and Iravathi; scholarly transliteration Irāvatī also appears. Short forms include Ira and Iru. The name evokes life-giving waters, prosperity, and cultured eloquence through the Vedic sense of irā. Notable bearer: Irawati Karve (1905–1970), pioneering Indian anthropologist. Related toponyms include Iravati/Erāvati in Pali and the historic English ‘Irrawaddy’ for Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady, reflecting shared Indic roots.