Madhavi
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning honey-like; intoxicating.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Madhavi by the numbers
Madhavi was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Madhavi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bee
Like Madhavi, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Madhavi
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