What does the name Unni mean?

Unni means "Baby, young child, dear little one". It is a boy's name of Dravidian origin.

Unni

Unni means Baby, young child, dear little one.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Dravidian
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	U

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Baby, young child, dear little one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
Balamurugan — Young Murugan, child Murugan
Balakrishnan — Young Krishna, child form of Krishna
Balpinder — Child of the lord, young divine one
Balasaheb — Respected child, young master
Tinu — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved child

More boys' names of Dravidian origin

Biju — Victorious, modern Kerala name
Babu — Beloved child, dear little one
Lal — Beloved, red, darling
Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form
Jiju — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved brother-in-law figure
Kuttan — Little one, beloved child, pet name in Kerala

Where this comes from

Unni 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.