Purusha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Purusha

What is the meaning of the name Purusha ?

The baby name Purusha is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpuruʂə/ (Sanskrit); English approximation: POO-roo-shuh.

Purusha is Sanskrit in Origin.

Purusha is a masculine Sanskrit name from puruṣa (पुरुष), the Vedic term for “person, man,” and in philosophy “the spiritual self” or “cosmic person.” In the Rigveda’s Purusha Sukta, it denotes the primordial being from whose body the universe is ordered; later Sāṅkhya and Yoga texts use Purusha for pure consciousness distinct from prakriti (matter). These layers give the name meanings ranging from “man” and “personhood” to “cosmic spirit” and “inner witness.”

As a given name, Purusha appears across India but has been rarer than compounds built on it, such as Purushottam/Purushottama (“supreme person”). Variant spellings include Purush and Purusa (scholarly transliteration), with Puru sometimes used as a modern nickname, though etymologically distinct. Forms without diacritics are common in English. Related vernaculars include Hindi Purush and Bengali Purush. The name carries scholarly, devotional, and meditative overtones, appealing to families drawn to philosophical depth.

⚙ Purusha is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Purusha appears only 11 times in total — found in 7 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.