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Nanthini name meaning

“daughter”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
N
Origin
Sanskrit · Tamil
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1990s: 11.9%
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–
1990s11.9%
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: NMeaning happinessSanskrit origin

Nanthini is a female name, a Tamil-style spelling of Sanskrit Nandini, meaning 'daughter'.

What does Nanthini mean?

Daughter

In Malay: anak perempuan

#Happiness

Sources (1)

About the name Nanthini

Nanthini is a Tamil-style spelling of Nandini. In Sanskrit nandinī means 'daughter' and is also an epithet of Durga; it comes from the root nand, relating to rejoicing. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1990s with 707 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit, Tamil
SyllablesNan-thi-ni
First letterIndian Names starting with N

Nanthini 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
Girl: 707 · 11.9%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Nanthini 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: नन्दिनी · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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