Tirth as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tirth

What is the meaning of the name Tirth ?

The baby name Tirth is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced TEERTH (IPA: /tiːrθ/).

Tirth is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

From Sanskrit tīrtha (“ford; pilgrimage site”), Tirth evokes the idea of crossing from the mundane to the sacred. In Hindu thought, a tirth is a holy place or spiritual crossing, and in Jainism the Tirthankaras are “ford-makers” who establish the path to liberation - associations that lend the name a devotional, aspirational quality.

Used predominantly for boys across India, especially among Hindu and Jain families, Tirth appears in records from the medieval period onward, bolstered by the honorific Tirtha borne by Hindu monastic leaders (e.g., Vyasa Tirtha). Today it remains familiar in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and North India, and among the diaspora. Common variants and transliterations include Teerth, Tirtha (classical form), Teertha, Tirath (Punjabi), and Thirtha in some South Indian spellings. The name’s core meaning centers on purity, pilgrimage, and a felt passage toward insight or renewal.