Nani
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning beautiful.
Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Nani by the numbers
Nani was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nani
Names that are said the same way as Nani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nanniegrace; a form of hannah or anna
Other names that mean beauty
Like Nani, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nani
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