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Aadhini

AA-dee-nee /aːdiːni/ Indian (Kannada), Indian (Malayalam)

At a glance

In short
Aadhini is a bright spark born from Sanskrit roots, a name that means lightning’s quicksilver grace.
U.S. rank 2025
#14,942 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
5 (<0.01% of girls)
Peak
#5,309 in 2022
First recorded
2021

Meaning of Aadhini

Aadhini is a bright spark born from Sanskrit roots, a name that means lightning’s quicksilver grace. It flows off the tongue as AA-dee-nee, a melody heard in Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu and Tamil. With a dash of Latin flair—Lux et amor, light and love—Aadhini invites every girl to seize her day, carpe diem, and embrace gaudium. In the United States, fourteen little Aadhinis lit up nursery charts in 2024, ranking 936th overall. Parents pick it for the warmth and boldness it brings—she’ll never need a spotlight; her name shines for her. It feels like naming a sunrise, a promise of courage and infinite possibility.

How to pronounce Aadhini

Indian (Kannada), Indian (Malayalam)

Indian (Marathi), Indian (Gujarati)

Indian (Telugu)

Indian (Tamil)

Indian (Hindi)

Popularity of Aadhini in the U.S.

Aadhini was the #14,942 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 5 babies. It peaked at #5,309 in 2022. It first appears in the records in 2021.

Bar and line chart: Aadhini in the U.S., 2021–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 24 in 2022 and 5 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #5,309 in 2022, #14,942 in 2025.
  • Girls named Aadhini (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2021–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2021⁠–⁠2025 5 rows
Aadhini: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025514,942▼ 7,348
2024147,594▲ 46
2023147,640▼ 2,331
2022245,309▲ 6,897
2021712,206new