Entry № 8121 · Sanskrit origin

Phalguni Phalguni — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FAHL-goo-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Phalguna month / Nakshatra"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "phalguna month / nakshatra".

Phalguni is from the Sanskrit Phalgunī.

Phalguna month / Nakshatra — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

फाल्गुनी
Transliteration
Phalgunī
Pronunciation
/ ˈfɑːl.ɡuː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Phalguni stands.

Phalguni 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.

Phalgunis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Purva-Phalguni Uttara-Phalguni Nakshatras / Holi Phalguna-Purnima / Arjuna Phalguna
Sanskrit Phalguna-related two-Nakshatras + Pūrva-Phalgunī 11th + Uttara-Phalgunī 12th of 27 Nakshatras + Phalguna-Māsa February-March + Holi Phalguna-Purnima Krishnas Rāsa-Līlā + Prahladas salvation + Arjuna Phālguna Phalguna-Nakshatra + Mahabharata
Vedic astrology

Names connected to Phalguni.

The number behind Phalguni.

7

The Seeker

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