| Divya | Tanvi | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | divine, celestial | Slender, delicate |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | DIV-yah | TUN-vee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1971 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2001 (113) | 2009 (140) |
| In 2025 | 23 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Divya | Tanvi |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 197 | 263 |
| 2010s | 654 | 982 |
| 2000s | 991 | 862 |
| 1990s | 610 | 150 |
| 1980s | 185 | 41 |
| 1970s | 32 | 0 |
From Sanskrit divya (दिव्य), 'divine, celestial, heavenly; shining'. Well established.
From the Sanskrit तन्वी (tanvī), 'slender-bodied, delicate', from tanu ('body, slender'). Recorded as an epithet of the goddess Durga.
Divya is more popular than Tanvi today: about 23 US babies were given the name Divya in 2025, compared with 0 named Tanvi.
Divya means divine, celestial (sanskrit origin), while Tanvi means Slender, delicate (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Divya first appears in 1971 and Tanvi in 0, so Tanvi has the longer recorded history.