Yalini

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yalini by the numbers

Yalini was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Yalini

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yalini. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yalani10 in the US (2017)
  • Yalina4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yaalini5 in the US (2017)
  • YanniGod is gracious; a form of John27 in the US (2017)
  • Yalenabright; a form of Helen13 in the US (2017)
  • Yelinabright torch; a form of Helen11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yalini

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