Entry № 1873 · Sanskrit origin

Chameli Chameli — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ chah-MEH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Jasmine (Hindu fragrance)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "jasmine (hindu fragrance)".

Chameli is from the Sanskrit चमेली (Camelī — jasmine flower) — central Hindi-Sanskrit term for Jasminum grandiflorum (Spanish jasmine). Chameli is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu botanical-naming heritage.

Jasmine (Hindu fragrance) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

चमेली
Transliteration
Camelī
Pronunciation
/ tʃəˈmeɪ.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chameli stands.

Chameli 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.

Chamelis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Chameli / Jasmine
Sanskrit jasmine + Hindu temple ritual + jasmine garlands + National Flower of Pakistan + Philippines + Indonesia + Tunisia + Syria + Hawaii + Chameli ke Mandwe Tale 1956 + Chameli 2003 Bollywood film.
Hindu + Bollywood

Names connected to Chameli.

The number behind Chameli.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chameli reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.