Grishma
Grishma the Sanskrit word meaning summer. This is one of the six seasons (ritu), each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha (monsoon), Sharada (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter).
- Marathi
Meaning & Origin of Grishma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Grishma the Sanskrit word meaning summer. This is one of the six seasons (ritu), each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha (monsoon), Sharada (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Marathi
The Story of Grishma
The earliest SSA record of Grishma as a baby girl name dates back to 2009, when 5 babies received it. 2011 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Grishma — #12,153 in the national rankings. About 74% of every Grishma on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Grishma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 39 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Grishma
Grishma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 39 births in the dataset. Grishma's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #12,153. Use the chart and map above to compare Grishma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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