Harshini
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning joyful, delighted female form.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Harshini by the numbers
Harshini was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harshini. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean joy
Like Harshini, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Harshini
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