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Darshini name meaning

“she who sees”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
D
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2000s: 9.1%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s9.1%
2010s–

Indian Names: DMeaning knowledgeSanskrit origin

Darshini is a female name from Sanskrit darśinī, the feminine of darśin, meaning 'one who sees'.

What does Darshini mean?

She who sees

In Malay: yang melihat

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Sources (2)

About the name Darshini

Darshini is the feminine form of Sanskrit darśin, 'one who sees', from the root dṛś, 'to see'. The same root gives Darshan (darśana), 'sight' or 'vision'. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2000s with 341 baby girls. JPN counts the first word of registered names.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesDar-shi-ni
First letterIndian Names starting with D

Darshini in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 341 · 9.1%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Darshini as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wisdom Library: darśin (f. darśinī), 'seeing' · wisdomlib.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: दर्शन (darśana) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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