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Vaishnavi name meaning

“belonging to Vishnu”

Letters
9
Syllables
3
First letter
V
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 8.5%
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–
2000s–
2010s8.5%

Indian Names: VMeaning faithSanskrit origin

Vaishnavi is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'belonging to Vishnu'.

What does Vaishnavi mean?

Belonging to Vishnu

In Malay: milik Vishnu

#Faith

Sources (1)

About the name Vaishnavi

Vaishnavi is a girl's name derived from the god Vishnu, usually glossed 'belonging to Vishnu'. It is also the name of Vishnu's shakti, or divine power, associated with the goddess Lakshmi. According to JPN, 46 baby girls were given the name in the 2010s.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesVaish-na-vi
First letterIndian Names starting with V

Vaishnavi 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
not in the top 10
2010s
Girl: 46 · 8.5%
People registered with Vaishnavi 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. Behind the Name: Vaishnavi · behindthename.com · meaning

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