Saraswathi

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Saraswathi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 700K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 114K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
118 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saraswathi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Saraswathi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈1,800 est.≈1 in 18K—Saraswathi18
ID Indonesia≈1,000 est.≈1 in 257K—Saraswathi19
US United States4751 in 700K475Saraswathi110
AO Angola≈170 est.≈1 in 188K—Saraswathi1
ZA South Africa≈160 est.≈1 in 348K—Saraswathi6
LK Sri Lanka≈120 est.≈1 in 186K—Saraswathi5
SG Singapore≈55 est.≈1 in 114K—Saraswathi18
KW Kuwait≈25 est.≈1 in 118K—Saraswathi5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saraswathi is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written சரஸ்வதி, Sarasvati, ಸರಸ್ವತಿ, Sarashwathi

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Saraswathi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020475#21,391

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Saraswathi a male or female name?
Saraswathi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Saraswathi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Saraswathi in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saraswathi.
How common is the name Saraswathi?
In the United States, the national register counted 475 people named Saraswathi in 2020, about 1 in 700 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Saraswathi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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