| Lavanya | Yamini | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace, beauty, charm | Night |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | luh-VUN-yah | YAA-mih-nee |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2007 (18) | 2005 (10) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Lavanya | Yamini |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 31 | 6 |
| 2010s | 95 | 0 |
| 2000s | 107 | 32 |
| 1990s | 28 | 18 |
From Sanskrit lavanya (लावण्य), 'loveliness, grace, charm, beauty' (literally 'saltiness', extended to attractiveness). Well established.
From the Sanskrit यामिनी (yāminī), 'night', derived from yāma ('a watch of the night'). A genuine, poetic classical word.
Lavanya and Yamini are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Lavanya means grace, beauty, charm (sanskrit origin), while Yamini means Night (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Lavanya first appears in 0 and Yamini in 0, so Lavanya has the longer recorded history.