| Indu | Lavanya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Moon | grace, beauty, charm |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | IN-doo | luh-VUN-yah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1969 (5) | 2007 (18) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Indu | Lavanya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 0 | 31 |
| 2010s | 5 | 95 |
| 2000s | 5 | 107 |
| 1990s | 0 | 28 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 |
Indu is a poetic Sanskrit name for the moon, often glossed as 'bright drop,' evoking the moon's cool luminosity. An established lunar epithet.
From Sanskrit lavanya (लावण्य), 'loveliness, grace, charm, beauty' (literally 'saltiness', extended to attractiveness). Well established.
Indu and Lavanya are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Indu means Moon (sanskrit origin), while Lavanya means grace, beauty, charm (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Indu first appears in 0 and Lavanya in 0, so Indu has the longer recorded history.