| Lavanya | Palak | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace, beauty, charm | eyelash, eyelid |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | luh-VUN-yah | PUH-luck |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2007 (18) | 2006 (28) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Lavanya | Palak |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 31 | 0 |
| 2010s | 95 | 36 |
| 2000s | 107 | 126 |
| 1990s | 28 | 87 |
| 1980s | 0 | 33 |
| 1970s | 0 | 7 |
From Sanskrit lavanya (लावण्य), 'loveliness, grace, charm, beauty' (literally 'saltiness', extended to attractiveness). Well established.
Hindi palak (पलक), 'eyelid, eyelash', poetically a cherished and delicate thing. The identical Hindi word also names the leafy vegetable spinach.
Lavanya and Palak are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Lavanya means grace, beauty, charm (sanskrit origin), while Palak means eyelash, eyelid (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Lavanya first appears in 0 and Palak in 0, so Lavanya has the longer recorded history.