Entry № 9487 · Sanskrit origin

Shalini Shalini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shah-LEE-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Modest / proud"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "modest / proud".

Shalini is from the Sanskrit Śālinī.

Modest / proud — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

शालिनी

Transliteration: Śālinī
Pronunciation: / ʃəˈliː.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Shalini stands.

Shalini 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

Shalinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Sal tree / Buddha Lumbini Kushinagar

Sanskrit modest dignified + Sal tree + Buddha born at Lumbini + Mayadevi birth narrative + Buddhas Mahaparinirvana at Kushinagar between two sal trees

Buddhist heritage

Names connected to Shalini.

Numerology

The number behind Shalini.

The Giver

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