What does the name Selvi mean?

Selvi means "Wealthy, prosperous daughter". It is a girl's name of Tamil origin.

Selvi

Selvi means Wealthy, prosperous daughter.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	girl
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Wealthy, prosperous daughter”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Revathi — Meanings families give: Star Revati, prosperous; Prosperity, wealthy, last nakshatra; Prosperous, the last star, Apsara; A star, prosperity, wealth
Selvan — Wealthy, prosperous son
Dhanwant — Wealthy, possessor of abundance
Srimanta — Wealthy, prosperous; of great fortune
Chezhiyan — Prosperous, wealthy one
Hamir — He who has gold, wealthy and prosperous king

More girls' names of Tamil origin

Oviya — Artist, beautiful
Abirami — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Beautiful goddess, Parvati; Goddess Parvati, charming
Nandhini — Joyful girl, daughter of joy
Anandhi — Meanings families give: Blissful; Joyful, blissful
Isai — Music
Jothika — Light, radiance

Where this comes from

Selvi 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.