Entry № 2018 · Avestan origin

Pourucista Pourucista — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ poh-roo-CHEE-stah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Avestan
Meaning
"Full of wisdom (Zarathustra's youngest daughter)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Avestan)

A name that means "full of wisdom (zarathustra's youngest daughter)".

Pourucista combines the Avestan pouru (many, full) and chista (wisdom) — "full of wisdom." **The youngest daughter of the prophet Zarathustra** — addressed by name in the Gathas (Yasna 53.3), the most ancient Zoroastrian hymns, **the only personal name addressed to a woman in the Gathas**. **Married to the Vahishta Atar Frashaoshtra** as one of the founding marriages of Zoroastrian community.

Featured in Yasna 53.3 of the Gathas — the personal hymns of Zarathustra.

Full of wisdom. The only woman addressed by name in the Gathas of Zarathustra.

The name in its native script.

𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬗𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀
Transliteration
Pouručistā
Pronunciation
/ ˌpoʊ.ruːˈtʃiː.stə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pourucista stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Pourucista · 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 · —

Pourucistas before her.

Real people
Pourucista
Daughter of Zarathustra.
In fiction
Pourucista
Yasna 53.3.

Names connected to Pourucista.

The number behind Pourucista.

1

The Pioneer

Pourucista reduces to one — the number of Zoroastrian wisdom.

Why families chose this name.

"Zarathustra's daughter. Ten letters. Pourucista."
Soraya · Mother of one · Yazd