Prarthana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Prarthana

What is the meaning of the name Prarthana ?

The baby name Prarthana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /prɑːrˈt̪ʰɑːnɑː/; respelling: praar-THAA-naa.

Prarthana is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Prarthana is a feminine given name from Sanskrit prārthanā (प्रार्थना), meaning “prayer,” “supplication,” or “earnest request.” It derives from the verbal root arth “to ask, seek,” with the prefix pra- (“forth, intensively”) and the abstract noun ending -nā. Through liturgical usage, the word entered many modern Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu.

As a personal name, Prarthana gained wider currency in the late twentieth century with the rise of devotional and virtue names, and it is now used across India and the diaspora, primarily by Hindus though not exclusively; it can be unisex but is chiefly feminine. Variants and transliterations include Prārthanā (IAST), Praarthana, Prarthanaa, and the contracted Prarthna; a rarer masculine counterpart is Prarthan. Cognate or thematically related Indian names include Archana, Aaradhana, and Pooja, all evoking worship or devotional offering.