Nandini
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning daughter or delightful daughter.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Nandini by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nandini. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 56 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nandini. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)
- Nandijoy, delight, happiness19 in the US (2017)
- Nandikaone who brings joy or delight10 in the US (2017)
- Nandanason, child; a form of nanda8 in the US (2017)
- Nanditadelighted; joyful; feminine form of nandan7 in the US (2017)
- Nalinilotus flower3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Nandini, 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 Nandini
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