| Anvi | Tanvi | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked | Slender, delicate |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | AN-vee | TUN-vee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (126) | 2009 (140) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Anvi | Tanvi |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 489 | 263 |
| 2010s | 704 | 982 |
| 2000s | 226 | 862 |
| 1990s | 0 | 150 |
| 1980s | 0 | 41 |
A modern Indian name, glossed from Sanskrit anu-vi as 'one who follows/seeks', and also claimed as an epithet of Parvati or Lakshmi. Sources disagree and no classical etymology is firmly fixed; meaning unsettled.
From the Sanskrit तन्वी (tanvī), 'slender-bodied, delicate', from tanu ('body, slender'). Recorded as an epithet of the goddess Durga.
Anvi and Tanvi are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Anvi means one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked (sanskrit origin), while Tanvi means Slender, delicate (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Anvi first appears in 0 and Tanvi in 0, so Anvi has the longer recorded history.