Entry № 0156 · Sanskrit origin

Anasuya Anasuya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-nah-SOO-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Free from envy (Atri's devoted wife)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "free from envy (atri's devoted wife)".

Anasuya (अनसूया) combines the Sanskrit an (not) and asūyā (envy) — "free from envy." **The wife of the sage Atri** — when the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva) came in disguise to test her chastity by demanding she serve them naked, **she turned them into infants instead**. The trinity's wives begged her to restore them, and her son Dattatreya was born as their incarnation. **One of the most revered ideal wives in Hindu tradition.**

Featured throughout the Ramayana and Puranas.

Free from envy. Turned the Trimurti into infants to preserve her chastity.

The name in its native script.

अनसूया
Transliteration
Anasūyā
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑː.nɑːˈsuː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anasuya stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Anasuya · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Anasuyas before her.

Real people
Anasuya Sarabhai
Indian labor leader.
1885 – 1972
In fiction
Anasuya
Ramayana and Puranas.

Names connected to Anasuya.

The number behind Anasuya.

4

The Builder

Anasuya reduces to four — the number of Sanskrit ideal wife.

Why families chose this name.

"Sanskrit ideal wife. Seven letters. Anasuya."
Priya · Mother of one · Chitrakoot