Fun Facts About the Name Shravani
- 27 babies named Shravani: U.S. records list 27 babies given the name Shravani from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Shravani Mean?
Shravani is a feminine Sanskrit name built on śravaṇa (श्रवण), a word meaning "hearing" or "listening" that comes from the root śru, "to hear." The form śrāvaṇī (श्रावणी) is a feminine derivative meaning "relating to Shravana" - the lunar month of Shravana and, more specifically, the full-moon day that falls in it. A second association is the Shravana nakshatra, the twenty-second lunar mansion, whose name comes from the same word for the ear and whose presiding deity is Vishnu. So the literal sense is "of Shravana," while the customary understanding of the name as "one who listens" or "one who hears" is an interpretive reading of the root rather than a direct translation of the name form.
Shravani Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the religious vocabulary of the Hindu calendar. The lunar month Shravana, which falls roughly in July and August, is named after the Shravana nakshatra, the lunar mansion in which that month's full moon appears. Because the moon's path through the nakshatras fixed the months, the month and the star share one name, and the feminine śrāvaṇī serves as the adjective for both.
Śrāvaṇī Purnima, the full-moon day of Shravana, carries its own traditions: it is a customary day for the upanayana, the sacred-thread ceremony in many Hindu communities, and in much of northern and western India it coincides with Raksha Bandhan. The name Shravani grew out of this ritual and calendrical usage as a feminine given name. It is well established in Maharashtra and is also used by Kannada-, Telugu-, and Hindi-speaking families, where it is often transliterated Sravani. The name is distinct from unrelated names that merely look similar.
How Popular is the Name Shravani?
Shravani has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #12,311 in 2009.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #12,311 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #15,169 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #16,820 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #16,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Shravani Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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