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Harshini name meaning

“joyful, delighted”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
H
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 17.9%
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–
2000s8.5%
2010s17.9%

Indian Names: HMeaning happinessSanskrit origin

Harshini is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'joyful', from harṣa, 'joy'.

What does Harshini mean?

Joyful, delighted

In Malay: penuh kegembiraan; yang bergembira

#Happiness

Sources (3)

About the name Harshini

Harshini is a female name from Sanskrit, the feminine form of harṣin, meaning 'joyful' or 'delighted'. It comes from harṣa, 'joy' or 'delight'. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 319 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesHarsh-i-ni
First letterIndian Names starting with H

Harshini 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: 319 · 8.5%
2010s
Girl: 97 · 17.9%
People registered with Harshini 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. Wiktionary: हर्ष · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wisdom Library: Harṣin, Harṣiṇī · wisdomlib.org · meaning
  3. Wisdom Library: Harṣiṇī · wisdomlib.org · origin

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