What does the name Banhi mean?

Banhi means "Fire; the sacred flame". It is a girl's name of Bengali origin.

Banhi

Banhi means Fire; the sacred flame.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	girl
Origin	Bengali
Language	Bengali
Starts with	B

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Fire; the sacred flame”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Yagna — Meanings families give: Sacrifice, holy fire ritual; Holy fire, sacred offering
Dipsikha — Flame of a lamp, tip of fire
Yagnesh — Meanings families give: Lord of yagna, Vishnu; Lord of sacrifice; fire deity; Lord of sacrifices; Agni
Aatish — Fire, explosive energy and dynamism
Agnibesh — Fire-clad, son of fire, from Mahabharata
Agnibha — ‘shining like fire’

More girls' names of Bengali origin

Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
Brishti — Rain; the blessed monsoon rains
Mili — To meet, to unite
Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice

Where this comes from

Banhi has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.