| Lavanya | Drishti | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace, beauty, charm | Sight, vision |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | luh-VUN-yah | DRISH-tee |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2007 (18) | 2014 (14) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Lavanya | Drishti |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 31 | 12 |
| 2010s | 95 | 53 |
| 2000s | 107 | 31 |
| 1990s | 28 | 0 |
From Sanskrit lavanya (लावण्य), 'loveliness, grace, charm, beauty' (literally 'saltiness', extended to attractiveness). Well established.
From the Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi), 'sight, the act of seeing, vision, the eye', from the root dṛś ('to see'). A well-established classical word.
Lavanya and Drishti are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Lavanya means grace, beauty, charm (sanskrit origin), while Drishti means Sight, vision (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Lavanya first appears in 0 and Drishti in 0, so Lavanya has the longer recorded history.