Nandi
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning joy, delight, happiness.
Babies a year
19
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
Nandi by the numbers
Nandi was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nandi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean joy
Like Nandi, 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 Nandi
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