| Drishti | Indu | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Sight, vision | Moon |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | DRISH-tee | IN-doo |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2014 (14) | 1969 (5) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Drishti | Indu |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 12 | 0 |
| 2010s | 53 | 5 |
| 2000s | 31 | 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 |
From the Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi), 'sight, the act of seeing, vision, the eye', from the root dṛś ('to see'). A well-established classical word.
Indu is a poetic Sanskrit name for the moon, often glossed as 'bright drop,' evoking the moon's cool luminosity. An established lunar epithet.
Drishti and Indu are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Drishti means Sight, vision (sanskrit origin), while Indu means Moon (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Drishti first appears in 0 and Indu in 0, so Drishti has the longer recorded history.