Nandhini
Nandhini means Joyful girl, daughter of joy.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | N |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Joyful girl, daughter of joy”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Yuvika — Meanings families give: Young girl, youthful; Young woman, youthful girl
- Yashika — Success, fame, glorious girl
- Hemali — Meanings families give: Like gold, gilded, golden girl; Golden, of gold
- Alka — Long curly hair, girl with curls
- Gopika — Cowherd girl, devotee of Krishna
- Lathika — A creeper, slender girl
More girls' names of Tamil origin
Where this comes from
Nandhini 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.