Lahari
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning of the waves or the ocean.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lahari by the numbers
Lahari was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lahari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lamarfamous land; from Old German elements282 in the US (2017)
- Landriland ruler; variant spelling of Landry45 in the US (2017)
- Layalinights15 in the US (2017)
- Lazariagod has helped; feminine form of Lazarus11 in the US (2017)
- Lanaiporch or veranda10 in the US (2017)
- Laurilaurel tree; symbol of victory; form of Laura
Other names that mean the sea
Like Lahari, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lahari
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