| Indu | Sundari | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Moon | Beautiful |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | IN-doo | SOON-duh-ree |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1969 (5) | 2003 (8) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Indu | Sundari |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 | 21 |
| 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 सुन्दरी (sundarī), feminine of sundara 'beautiful, lovely, handsome'. A direct and well established Sanskrit beauty name.
Indu and Sundari are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Indu means Moon (sanskrit origin), while Sundari means Beautiful (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Indu first appears in 0 and Sundari in 0, so Indu has the longer recorded history.