Entry № 1214 · Marathi origin

Bahinabai Bahinabai — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-hee-nah-bai /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Marathi
Meaning
"Marathi Varkari poet (autobiographical abhangs)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern (Marathi)

A name that means "marathi varkari poet (autobiographical abhangs)".

Bahinabai (1628-1700) was the Marathi Brahmin Varkari poet-saint — disciple of Tukaram. Her autobiographical abhangs are among the most personal and frank accounts of a medieval Indian woman's life — describing her struggles, her caste community's hostility, and her spiritual journey.

Featured in Bahinabaicharitra (her autobiography).

Marathi Varkari poet. Her abhangs are among the most personal accounts of a medieval Indian woman's life.

The name in its native script.

बहिणाबाई
Transliteration
Bahiṇābāī
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑː.hɪ.nə.baɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bahinabai stands.

Bahinabai does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bahinabais before her.

Real people
Bahinabai
Marathi Varkari poet.
1628 – 1700
In fiction
Bahinabai
Bahinabaicharitra.

Names connected to Bahinabai.

The number behind Bahinabai.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bahinabai reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.