The baby name Shrinivasan is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced shree-nee-VAH-suhn (IPA: /ʃriːnɪˈvɑːsən/).
The baby name Shrinivasan is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced shree-nee-VAH-suhn (IPA: /ʃriːnɪˈvɑːsən/).
Shrinivasan is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Shrinivasan is a South Indian form of the Sanskrit theophoric name Śrīnivāsa (śrī “fortune, Lakshmi” + nivāsa “abode, dwelling”). In Hindu tradition it titles the god Vishnu - especially as Venkateswara of Tirumala - as “the one who is the abode of Lakshmi,” connoting prosperity, protection, and auspiciousness. The Tamil ending -an marks a masculine form; related northern and Devanagari spellings omit it.
The name has been used across Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu communities since the medieval Bhakti era, appearing in devotional poetry and temple culture, and today functions both as a given name and, via South Indian patronymic customs, as a family name. Common variants include Srinivasan, Sreenivasan, Srinivas, Sreenivas, Shrinivas, and Srinivasa; nicknames often shorten to Srini or Vasan. While traditional and reverent in tone, Shrinivasan remains widely used in India and the diaspora.
Shrinivasan is exceptionally rare. There are only 13 recorded uses on record, spread over 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
Shrinivasan is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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