Entry № 11706 · Sanskrit origin

Yashini Yashini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YAH-shee-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Famous / glorious one"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "famous / glorious one".

Yashini is from the Sanskrit Yaśinī.

Famous / glorious one — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

यशिनी

Transliteration: Yaśinī
Pronunciation: / ˈjɑː.ʃi.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Yashini stands.

Yashini 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

Yashinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Bhagavad Gita 10:5 10:34 kirtih srih vak / Yashomati Krishna foster mother

Sanskrit possessing-fame glorious + yaśas fame + Yaśas fame Vedic + Sanskrit + Bhagavad Gita 10:5 buddhir jñānam asaṃmohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ + 10:34 kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāṃ smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā seven-feminine-attributes + Yaśomatī Krishnas-foster-mother

Bhagavad Gita fame

Names connected to Yashini.

Numerology

The number behind Yashini.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yashini reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.