Entry № 1272 · Sanskrit origin

Barhini Barhini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAHR-hee-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Peahen / Kartikeyas mount"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "peahen / kartikeyas mount".

Barhini is from the Sanskrit Barhiṇī.

Peahen / Kartikeyas mount — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

बर्हिणी

Transliteration: Barhiṇī
Pronunciation: / ˈbɑːr.hi.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Barhini stands.

Barhini 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.

Namesakes

Barhinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Barhi peacock / Barhina Kartikeya Skanda mount / Krishna Mor-Mukut peacock crown / Barhi-Puccha tail feathers / Shringara-Rasa / Kalidasa Mayurashtaka Banabhatta 7th c. Hemadri Ganesha-Mayura / Karttikeya-Mayura / Ramayana Sundara Kanda

Sanskrit peahen female-peacock + barhis grass + Barhin peacock + Barhiṇa Kartikeya-Skandas + Barhi peacock-feather Krishna Krishna-Mor-Mukut + Barhi-Puccha + Barhiṇa Śṛṅgāra-Rasa + Mayūra Kalidasas Mayūrāṣṭaka + Bāṇa-bhaṭṭa 7th c. Hemadris Ganesha-Mayūra + Kārttikeya-Mayūra + Barhi peacock-Kavya + Mor-Mukut Krishna + Rāmāyaṇa Sundara Kanda

Barhi Kartikeya

Names connected to Barhini.

Numerology

The number behind Barhini.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Barhini reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.