Entry № 7130 · Sanskrit origin

Nagini Nagini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-gee-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Serpent-Devi"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "serpent-devi".

Nagini is from the Sanskrit Nāginī.

Serpent-Devi — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नागिनी
Transliteration
Nāginī
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑː.ɡi.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nagini stands.

Nagini 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.

Naginis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kaliya-Nagini wives Bhagavata 10:16 / Kerala Sarpa-Kavu Ayilyam / Manasa Padmavati Bengal / Kaliya-Damana
Sanskrit serpent-Devi female-Naga + nāga serpent + Nāginīs subterranean Pātāla + Bhagavata Purana Canto 10 Chapter 16 Kāliya-Nāginī-wives Kaliya-wives Krishna Yamuna-purification + Kerala Sarpa-Kāvu Ayilyam-Nakshatra + Manasā + Padmāvatī Bengal + Kāliya-Damana
Hindu Nagini

Names connected to Nagini.

The number behind Nagini.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nagini reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.