Entry № 2333 · Sanskrit origin

Darshini Darshini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHR-shee-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Beholder / vision-giver"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "beholder / vision-giver".

Darshini is from the Sanskrit Darśinī. CE Kashmir pan-Hindu heritage.

CE Kashmir pan-Hindu heritage

In its original form

The name in its native script.

दर्शिनी

Transliteration: Darśinī
Pronunciation: / ˈdɑːr.ʃi.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Darshini stands.

Darshini 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

Darshinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Darshini beholder / Sudarshana-Chakra Vishnu / Divya-Darshana Arjuna Bhagavad Gita 11 Vishvarupa-Darshana-Yoga 55 verses / 11:8 na tu mam shakyase drashtum anenaiva sva-chakshusha divyam dadami te chakshuh / Shri-Darshana daily / Kshetra-Darshana pilgrimage / Guru-Darshana / Anandavardhana Dhvanyaloka 9th c.

Sanskrit beholder vision-giver + dṛś to see + Darśinī Devi-epithet + Sudarśana-Cakra Vishnus-discus + Divya-Darśana Krishna Arjuna Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga 55-verses + Bhagavad Gita 11:8 na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogam aiśvaram + Śrī-Darśana + Kṣetra-Darśana + Guru-Darśana + Dhvanyāloka Ānandavardhana 9th c.

Darshini Vision

Names connected to Darshini.

Numerology

The number behind Darshini.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Darshini reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.