Entry № 2139 · Sanskrit origin

Sarojini Sarojini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-ROH-jee-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Lotus (Nightingale of India)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Sanskrit)

A name that means "lotus (nightingale of india)".

Sarojini (सरोजिनी) is from the Sanskrit *saroja* ("lotus") with the feminine suffix. **Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)** was the **"Nightingale of India"** — Indian independence activist, poet, and orator. **The first Indian woman to be President of the Indian National Congress (1925)** and **the first female Governor of Independent India** (Uttar Pradesh, 1947-1949). Close associate of Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah.

Featured on Indian postage and currency.

Lotus. The Nightingale of India; first female Governor of Independent India.

The name in its native script.

सरोजिनी
Transliteration
Sarojinī
Pronunciation
/ səˈroʊ.dʒi.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sarojini stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Sarojini · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Sarojinis before her.

Real people
Sarojini Naidu
Indian independence activist, first female Governor.
1879 – 1949
In fiction
Sarojini
Indian historical novels.

Names connected to Sarojini.

The number behind Sarojini.

6

The Nurturer

Sarojini reduces to six — the number of Indian Nightingale.

Why families chose this name.

"Nightingale of India. Eight letters. Sarojini."
Priya · Mother of one · Hyderabad