What does the name Vani mean?

Vani means "the goddess of speech". It is a girl's name of Kannada origin.

What is the classical Sanskrit origin of Vani?

वाणी (vāṇī): the goddess of speech, per the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Vani

Vani means the goddess of speech.

Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Gender	girl
Origin	Kannada
Language	Kannada
Starts with	V

Classical Sanskrit origin

वाणी (vāṇī): the goddess of speech.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “the goddess of speech”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Subhash — Meanings families give: One who speaks sweetly and eloquently; Speaking well, eloquent; Of good speech, eloquent
Jalpa — Speech, conversation
Vaani — Voice, speech, Saraswati
Bani — Meanings families give: Goddess Saraswati; speech; forest; Word, speech, voice of goddess Saraswati

More girls' names of Kannada origin

Mythri — Meanings families give: Friendship, benevolence; Friendship, friendly, benevolent
Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling
Malavika — N. of a woman (See next)
Roopashree — Endowed with beauty, graceful one
Prajwala — Blazing, glowing brightly

Where this comes from

Vani's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.