Entry № 1453 · Sanskrit origin

Bhavani Bhavani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bhah-VAH-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Goddess Parvati (Bhavani Talwar Shivaji)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "goddess parvati (bhavani talwar shivaji)".

Bhavani is from the Sanskrit Bhavānī.

Goddess Parvati (Bhavani Talwar Shivaji) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

भवानी

Transliteration: Bhavānī
Pronunciation: / bɑːˈvɑː.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Bhavani stands.

Bhavani 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

Bhavanis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Shivaji Bhavani Talwar / Tulja Bhavani Temple Tuljapur

Sanskrit Goddess Parvati + Bhavānī Talwār sword of Shivaji Bhonsale 1630-1680 given by Goddess + Tuljā Bhavānī Temple Tuljapur Maharashtra Shakti Pitha + Shivajis coronation 1674

Maratha

Names connected to Bhavani.

Numerology

The number behind Bhavani.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bhavani reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.